>"Phyllis M. Ladrigan" wrote:
> > On campus we have a trustee-faculty committee whose function it is "to
>> promote communication between Faculty and Trustees on college matters of
>> mutual interest. The membership consists of four trustee members and four
> > full time, tenured faculty members .
We do have such a committee. The faculty members are elected. We
also have observers that go to everything but the closed bits of the
board's meeting and report back to the faculty on what occurred. In
addition, there are regular coffees, lunches, and special events
which the regents host that all faculty are invited to come to
(usually, only about 25-40 show up). A few regents have lunch with
each department about every 3rd year. Finally, there are special
events, like a recent science facilities planning retreat that
science faculty and regents attended together.
Our president, too, prefers all faculty contact with the board to go
through his office. But his office mostly serves as a conduit. For
example, I asked the president if one of the lawyers on the regents
would be willing to do some pro-bono work to support a research
project. He asked me to send my request to his office, and a week
later I heard from one of the regents in the affirmative.
All this is influenced by the fact that we are a private school and
have no faculty union. I suspect you will find regent-faculty
relations more like this at private schools.
-Chuck
- Chuck Huff Psychology Department
- Associate Professor St.Olaf College
- Tutor in the Paracollege 1520 St. Olaf Avenue
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