Student voices heard on U.S. campuses
The re-structuring of campus governing bodies, begun last year at KU with the adoption of the new Senate Code, is a widespread trend across the nation.
New governance policies are designed with the basic idea of giving more representation to students.
The University of Kentucky pioneered the project of student representation on governing boards in 1968. Boards of Trustees of the University of Connecticut and the University of Maine now have student members with full voting rights, appointed by the governors of the states.
Massachusetts recently became the first state to pass a law giving students a voting membership on all state college and university governing boards.
Most universities adopting changes in governance policies have established committees made up of representatives from the faculty, administration and student body.
These committees meet to discuss and act upon campus issues and problems. Students are given a voice in decisions on academic goals and priorities, budget goals and procedures, including student fees, and university resources services and facilities.
In addition, many campuses have created a president's student advisory council, or added student members to existing advisory councils.
Student advisory councils are often given a voice in the selection of new administrators. At the Georgia Institute of Technology, a new college president was selected with the help of the student advisory council.
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All-university senates are replacing separate faculty and student senates in many universities. A new unicameral system at the University of New Hampshire will include equal numbers of students and faculty, all nominated on a "district" basis.
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Students at KU aided in the selection of a new Chancellor, and are serving on a committee to select the new dean of the School of Journalism.
Student rights codes have been adopted by several universities,
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and serve as a basis for student affairs and disciplinary measures.
A number of university disciplinary boards, which act on cases of violation of university policy by faculty, staff or students, have student representatives with voting rights.
universities across the nation. The Commission on Student Participation in University Life at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio presented a proposal for the creation of a new government structure and improvements in student-administration communication.
Increased participation by students in university government is hoped to be a partial solution to student unrest.
A variety of studies on the problem are being conducted at
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