The words on the no-confidence resolution approved by Cal Poly Pomona faculty on Dec. 6 were a banner public declaration that something is wrong with the running of the 26,000-student campus. The ...

Standing before faculty senators in the dimly-lit Guild Lounge with a small notebook and pen, Faculty Senate President and ...

Spring elections for the Associated Students of Madison, who are responsible for allocating nearly $50 million in segregated fees each year, begin March 10. University of Wisconsin students can cast ...

St. Edward’s University faculty members have passed a vote of no confidence against President Montserrat Fuentes due to “grave” concerns about shared governance and administrative transparency, ...

The history of shared governance in universities is long and layered, rooted in medieval traditions and evolving through American higher education. The earliest universities, such as Bologna and Paris ...

James T. Engell ’73 is the Gurney Research Professor of English and Professor of Comparative Literature and a member of the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard. In my 55 years at Harvard and 46 ...

If the proposal goes forward, faculty power to make university policy would be reduced to a mere “advisory” role. Shared governance describes a form of political organization unique to higher ...

A dispute at the University of Kentucky over the academic authority of the university senate is the latest example of frayed notions about shared governance in higher education. An ongoing dispute ...

They say that challenge breeds innovation, and it’s clear that the higher education sector has faced no shortage of challenges in recent years. Perhaps that’s why an increasing number of institutions ...

Arts & Sciences Council is calling for more shared governance and hopes Duke administrators “lean in” to support its plans. But faculty members remain uncertain on what the term means. The sentiments ...

As faculty governance leaders during Joan Gabel's term as University of Minnesota president, we offer this open letter as the Board of Regents moves to select an interim president. We write to elevate ...

Students walk through the HUB-Robeson Center over the Pennsylvania State University logo on Thursday, July 20, 2023. Abby Drey adrey@centredaily.com Amid growing concern over issues like budget cuts ...