Shared Governance

Brandon Creighton authored sweeping conservative higher ed legislation over the past few years. For the Texas Tech system board, that makes him an ideal leader.

To effectively confront external threats to higher ed, campus leaders will need to address an internal one: the faculty-administration divide, Adrianna Kezar and Susan Elrod write.

By Adrianna Kezar et al.

Two Houston professors have responded to Texas lawmakers’ assault on independent faculty governance by creating their own faux faculty senate.

The arts and humanities dean said “nearly all” faculty leaders preferred “a broader pause for the division.” Some social sciences programs also aren’t accepting new students.

The indebted institution tasked committees of faculty and staff with planning for changes. But this week, a dean forged ahead and announced broad cuts. Two other units are also pausing admissions.

Faculty senates across the seven Texas State University system institutions will dissolve Sept. 1, but the system’s Board of Regents...

The University of Utah plans to eliminate 81 academic programs and minors—a step that administrators attribute to a new state...

A new survey from the AAUP shows that a breakdown of shared governance around implementing AI has implications for the future of teaching, learning and job security.