Section
400 – Student Affairs
417 STUDENTS’ ROLE IN INSTITUTIONAL DECISION MAKING
POLICY
Consistent with the policies of the Board of Regents, it
is the policy of Georgia Perimeter College that decisions should be made in
consultation with those affected, that participation in governance bodies
should be broad-based, and that communication with respect to decision-making
should be available to the entire College community. Such a policy is also consistent with the College’s stated
mission of having “academic programs and student support services [which]
focus…on…learning by engaging students actively and collaboratively.”
[From
Shared Governance Policy, June 5, 1996 – College’s Mission Statement]
1. A. Consistent
with this policy, students shall be selected to serve on the following
College-wide Board and Councils:
College Advisory Board
Academic Affairs Policy
Council
Student Affairs Policy
Council
Institutional
Effectiveness Policy Council
Administrative Services
Policy Council
Information and
Instructional Technology Policy Council
B.
Selection
to this Board and these Councils shall be consistent with the by-laws of each
body. In the event that a member needs
to be replaced, the process for replacement shall be as specified in the
by-laws of each body.
2.
The
Student Affairs Policy Council shall review the status of student
representation on the Board and Councils each year and shall make such
recommendations as it deems necessary to either add or delete student
representatives from either present or future Boards or Councils.
3.
Committees
and Task Forces, whether such report to College-wide bodies or are
Campus-based, are strongly encouraged to have student representatives among the
membership of such groups. Such members may be appointed, selected, or elected
for membership.
4.
Students
who are not members of the Board can make recommendations to the student
representative on the Board and/or any member on the
Board.
Approved
by CAB 1/25/01