Debates are raging on many campuses over faculty unionization. I’m not a supporter, but as a longtime member and former chair of our campus senate, I’m especially troubled by unionization’s ...

This task force brought together a group of regents, administrators, faculty, staff, and a student to hone their collective understanding of shared governance and the role it should play at an ...

Under President Eli Capilouto, the University of Kentucky increasingly resembles a corporate enterprise rather than a publicly governed institution.

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 ...

Susan Resneck Pierce’s new book, “Shared Governance Reconsidered,” offers a useful outline of many of the dilemmas facing shared governance in American higher education, and I’m not just saying that ...

A bill seeking to limit the power of shared governance organizations at public universities, including the University of Arizona’s faculty senate, is moving through the Arizona legislature. The bill ...

When I write about tenure, one of the most common defenses I get is tenure’s necessity for institutional “shared governance.” As commenter “pquincy” put it when responding to a recent post, “Without ...

Over the course of my career, I’ve observed two speeds of governance: foot-on-the-brake for everyday business and pedal-to-the-metal for existential decisions. I’ve also grappled with how to honor the ...

Discussed assigned articles on shared governance and engaged in conversations with third-party consultants about related best practices (November and December 2020). Continued personal explorations of ...

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Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute Associate of the Duke Initiative for ...