Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3359 - University of Akron › Chapter 3359-10 - Governance Structure and Bylaws; Rules of the University Council; Bylaws of Faculty Senate › Section 3359-10-01.1 - The university of Akron rules of the university council

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Name. The name
			 of this body is the university council.
(B) Defining shared governance. The
			 university council will operate under the principle of consultative
			 decision-making whereby the opinion and advice of the university council
			 membership are sought, but decision-making authority remains with the board of
			 trustees and its appointed agent, the university president. Thus, the
			 university council will function in a manner consistent with information
			 sharing and discussion rather than joint decision-making. The university
			 council provides open lines of communication and informs university
			 administration on matters of planning, policy, and programs that are pertinent
			 to the fulfillment of the university's mission. University council
			 recommendations shall be referred to the president, as provided for in these
			 bylaws. The faculty senate remains the sole body which proposes curricular and
			 academic changes to the board through the president.
(C) Duties:
(1) The university council is the primary
			 shared governance body of the university that deliberates and makes
			 recommendations to the president on matters such as strategic planning,
			 university policy, and other substantive matters that pertain to the strategic
			 direction, and operations of the university. University council helps to ensure
			 that the goals and objectives of the strategic plan are realized.
(2) Based on input from university council
			 committees and its own deliberations, university council contributes to
			 ensuring that university policy is based on sound principles of shared
			 governance, sound reasoning and adequate information.
(3) The university council receives topic
			 submissions from members of the university community. Through the executive
			 committee, topics are referred to the appropriate committee, campus
			 administrator, or campus unit for discussion and recommendation to university
			 council.
(a) All recommendations passed by the
			 university council shall be forwarded to the president.
(b) Within forty-five calendar days of
			 receipt of a passed recommendation, the president shall do one of the
			 following:
(i) Forward the recommendation to
			 the board of trustees for consideration;
(ii) Put the recommendation into effect if
			 the president deems it unnecessary to send the matter to the board of
			 trustees;
(iii) Send the
			 recommendation back to university council with a request for more
			 information;
(iv) Send the
			 recommendation back to university council with an explanation for
			 disapproval.
(c) The
			 president will notify university council of the disposition of each
			 recommendation, indicating whether the recommendation has been approved,
			 referred to the board of trustees, sent back for more information, or sent back
			 with an explanation for disapproval.
(4) University council will record its
			 recommendations in minutes of meetings that are publicly available on its
			 website and communicated to its members by email.