Revision of the Campus Governance Document
The University of Massachusetts Medical School's Faculty Council and Executive Council evaluate the campus' Governance Document every five years. The current Governance Document was last approved by the University's Board of Trustees August 23, 2006. Beginning in the fall 2011, the Faculty Council and Executive Council each initiated a review of the Governance Document.
Over the last year much work has been undertaken to prepare draft revisions to the Governance Document in an effort to:
- Align the document with current campus organizational and governance structures
- Remove any school specific information to be populated in each School's bylaws
- Provide a consistent framework for outlining the roles and responsibilities within the the Governing Bodies and Standing Committees
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Summary of Recommended Changes
- Major revision to overall organization of document as reflected in Table of Contents
- Provost added throughout document as appropriate
- Governing Bodies of UMW are Faculty Council and Executive Council; descriptions of each revised
- Changes to Standing Committees include name changes, placement and description
- Language throughout is consistent
- with language contained in University policies and campus procedures
- Policies and procedures referenced, not duplicated
- Simplified and streamlined language throughout
- UMMS changed to UMW
- Student representation on committees revised to reflect the role of the SGA & other school student bodies, as appropriate - Requirement that all schools maintain bylaws in lieu of BoT Gov Documents for each school