The trustees also serve to monitor campus operations although it remains the responsibility of the president to administer and govern the university. The team, as well as persons interviewed from all sectors of California University, strongly concurs with this observation in the self study. Governance, or more specifically the absence of a clearly defined governance structure, is the most important concern identified in this reaccreditation visit to California University. The current visitation team finds these observations still to be accurate. There are numerous task forces, committees, and operational units working diligently to address campus issues but without measurable success in developing an integrated governance system.
Similar fractures are observable throughout the university structure.
There are separations in the provision of computer services, curriculum oversight, assessment, advisement, and much more. Students report disconnects, faculty report disconnects, and staff confirm disconnects, and even the administration reports disconnects. Although the campus community is aware of the numerous divisions, there is no apparent progress in the achievement of a lasting solution to this governance concern. Divisiveness may worsen because of the ever changing structure of the university organization. With the active development of the Master Plan new facilities are coming on-line.