COMMISSION CHARGE:
The Commission seeks to strengthen faculty shared governance for Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education by recommending consistent, high-level expectations for its universities and the design and operationalization of a body that works at the system level to enable effective consultation in regard to system-level strategy planning, budgeting, policies and other matters as may be deemed appropriate. (The Commission is specifically
not asked to make recommendations about the practice of shared governance at the university level.)
The Commission will:
- actively engage faculty, union leadership, administrators, trustees, and Board members in a dialogue to develop a shared understanding of the purpose and scope of shared governance in the context of the State System
- learn from the current state of faculty shared governance as it is practiced both at system and university levels
- learn from the current state of faculty shared governance at other university and college systems, focusing especially on those where faculty are organized by collective bargaining units—engaging external expertise where appropriate
- maintain a commitment to transparency and frequent communications among stakeholders and offer quarterly reports to the Board leading to recommendations.
COMMISSION MEMBERS:
Members will be appointed by the chairperson of the Board of Governors, except for the faculty members who will be elected by the faculty (see section on Interim Faculty Council). The Commission will consist of 11 members that include:
Commission Chair |
Don Houser, BOG Leadership and Governance Committee Chair |
BOG Member-at-large |
Noe Ortega, PA Deputy Secretary of Education
|
Faculty (IFC Member) |
Francisco Alarcón, Professor and Dept. Chair, IUP |
Faculty (IFC member) |
Nancy VanArsdale, Professor, East Stroudsburg |
Faculty (IFC Member) |
Matt Girton, Professor and Dept. Chair, Lock Haven |
Faculty (APSCUF Rep.) |
Jamie Martin, Statewide APSCUF Vice President |
University Trustee |
Bobbi Kilmer, Mansfield University COT Chair |
Administrator |
Guiyou Huang, President, Edinboro |
Administrator |
Tom Ormond, Provost, Shippensburg |
Administrator |
Sharon Picus, Interim A&F Vice President, Kutztown |
Administrator |
Laura Delbrugge, Dean, Clarion |