
What is Shared Governance in Higher Ed?:
Honoring Academic Traditions in Changing Environments
How can shared governance continue honoring academic traditions in change management? Let’s look at the different aspects of accomplishing a balance while meeting goals and objectives.
What is Shared Governance?
Fifty years ago, three organizations, the American Association of University Professors’ Committee on College and University Governance, American Council on Education, and Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges collaborated to publish their 1966 Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities which called for shared responsibility among the different components of educational institutions. Thus, shared governance was born.