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This book contains vital information on the historical, philosophical, and legal foundations for shared governance, and it makes the link between fundamentals of law and policy as related to professional practice in student affairs. Practical insights and suggestions for student affairs are offered for practitioners at all levels to ensure success. Chapter 1 offers definitions and common understandings of shared governance, its history in higher education, and relevant theories and models. Chapter 2 presents the common structures with a broad span of interest and authority. Chapter 3 focuses on the ways in which those in higher education can help foster and strengthen shared governance. Chapter 4 shares a brief history of student participation, strategies for greater student involvement, the potential benefits, and concludes with important open questions about students and shared governance in American higher education. Chapter 5 explains sources of law related to student affairs work, areas of law, and law-making processes. Chapter 6 discusses the individual role in shared governance and addresses the tension between the roles of employee and private citizens. Chapter 7 describes the policy and policymaking processes, centering on ways in which the formation of policy and policy itself play out. Chapter 8 draws together themes from throughout the preceding chapters. The goal of this work is for readers to come away from the book with a better understanding of and appreciation for shared governance, law, and policy as well as an enhanced set of skills and strategies for engaging in shared governance as a matter of professional performance. Through fostering knowledge and abilities related to shared governance, the book assists readers in developing and forming their professional identity as well as in achieving learning outcomes aligned with specific professional practice standards in the field.

Authors’ Notes
Foreword by Naijian Zhang
1. Overview of Shared Governance
2. Shared Governance Shareholders and Structures
3. How to Help Foster and Strengthen Shared Governance
4. Student Participation in Shared Governance
5. Intersections of Law and Shared Governance
6. The Individual Voice in Shared Governance: Institutional Actor Versus Private Citizen
7. Policy, Policy Process, and Shared Governance
8. Themes, Thoughts, and Things to Do
Appendix: AAUP Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities
References
Index

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Aimed at student affairs practitioners in higher education, this guide explains the historical, philosophical, and legal foundations for shared governance, including the role of faculty, boards of trustees/regents, various governance groups, alumni groups, and community advisory boards. It connects the fundamentals of law, policy, and shared governance in relation to student affairs and provides suggestions for practitioners at all levels on how to work with shared governance groups. It covers definitions and common understandings of shared governance, its history in American higher education, and relevant theories and models; common structures of shared governance, as well as stakeholders whose interests are represented by these structures; how those in higher education can foster and strengthen shared governance; student participation; sources of law related to student affairs work; the individual’s role in shared governance, particularly the tension between the roles of institutional employee and private citizen; and policy, policymaking processes, and shared governance. 

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