Document Type
Forum Theme 1
Abstract
Shared governance is an ideal to which many seem eager to express allegiance. In fact, shared governance is invoked almost as frequently by administrators and administrator-dominated organizations such as the regional accrediting commissions as it is by faculty and faculty groups such as the AAUP. As with many catchphrases, however, shared governance apparently means different things to different people.
All too often shared governance is used to convey the idea that a lot of conversation ought to take place within and among various campus groups—board, administration, faculty, staff, students, etc.—before the people in power make the final decision. This conception might be labeled the “stakeholder” version of shared governance. All of the stakeholders should have a place at the table; everybody, within reason, should be consulted. Once people have talked things over, those in charge make the final decision, presumably after having given serious consideration to the full range of opinions and recommendations. Because “input” is sought and wide communication takes place, governance is said to be shared.
Publication Date
2012-2013
Journal Title
UNIversitas
Volume
8
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
3
Copyright
©2013 Greg Scholtz
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Scholtz, Greg
(2013)
"What Is Shared Governance Anyway?,"
UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity: Vol. 8:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/universitas/vol8/iss1/3
