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Academic Senate says 9 of 85 issues addressed
YOUNGSTOWN
Nine of 85 actionable items identified in the Campus Climate Survey have been addressed since December, Academic Senate President Chet Cooper announced Wednesday night.
“All data is being shared as widely and effectively as we can,” Cooper said.
Among those nine items are having a faculty representative on the board of trustees; facilitating better communication from President Jim Tressel and Provost Martin Abraham; reinstating the state of the university address; and making plans for upgrades to Ward Beecher.
“These are some of the 85 items we know we’ve made very positive progress on, but that is not to say other things have not had progress,” Cooper said. “Things are marching on.”
Among those things is the YSU Excellence Steering Committee seeking campus input on a draft of a document that defines “shared governance” on campus.
Comments can be anonymously submitted at www.surveygizmo.com/s3/3505115/Shared-Governance-Feedback. The comments will be compiled by the office of assessment and presented to the committee, which then will work to incorporate the suggestions into the document. After review by the Academic Senate, the document will be presented to the board of trustees for final action.
“This is the document that is going to form the foundation for moving forward regardless of what complaints you may have,” Cooper said.
The draft is also available on the Office of the Provost’s webpage.
The deadline to respond is May 15.