1st Edition

A Faculty Guidebook for Effective Shared Governance and Service in Higher Education

214 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

A Faculty Guidebook for Effective Shared Governance and Service in Higher Education bridges the gap between training and work experience, offering a blueprint for academic workers' effective participation in service and governance in higher education. Unpacking skills of problem solving, critical analysis, politicking, negotiation, coalition building, and emotional labor, this book provides... Read more

Preface

Foreword

-Dr. Marjorie Hass

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction: You Have a Job in Higher Education, Now What?

Chapter 2: Shared Governance: An Overview

Chapter 3: Doing Governance Work

Chapter 4: Developing Effective, Equitable, and Transparent Policies

Chapter 5: Engaging in Shared Governance Work to Support Educational Opportunities

Chapter 6: Strategies for Implementing and Assessing Change

Chapter 7: Conflicts in Shared Governance and Policy Development

Chapter 8: Conclusion: Collective Action, Individual Effort

List of Contributors

Glossary

Appendices

Appendix A: Higher Education and State-Specific Resources

Appendix B: 5 Steps to Plain Language

Appendix C: Example of Guiding Principles for Shared Governance

Appendix D: Sample documents for streamlining shared governance

Communication

Biography

Kirsti Cole is Professor of Rhetoric, Composition, and Literature at Minnesota State University.

Joanne Baird Giordano is Associate Professor of English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies at Salt Lake Community College.

Holly Hassel is Professor of English at North Dakota State University.