GOVERNANCE REVIEW & RESTRUCTURING
Commissioned and overseen by President Thomas F. Schutte, June 2008

6-month Review Mandated by President & Chairman | President's Governance Report 2009 | President's Consultant Report Feb 2009 |Senate Appeal to Restore Shared Governance May 2008

Senate Resolution to withdraw faculty from the administrative IWCC, March 9, 2010 (Attachment A); in response to the March 8 Memorandum from Chairman Mike Pratt and President Thomas F. Schutte (Attachment D)

Senate Resolution to restore the Senate Academic Programs and Policies Committee and conduct of Senate business, March 9, 2010 (Attachment A)

Senate Resolution to direct the Senate President to officially engage the AAUP
March 9, 2010

* Senate Resolution to adopt AAUP Principles of shared governance and INVITATION TO THE BOARD & ADMINISTRATION TO JOIN, March 2, 2010

* STATUS OF AAUP ACTION BY THE ACADEMIC SENATE, February 17, 2010

* Senate Resolution to request officially an AAUP evaluation of governance at Pratt and INVITATION TO THE BOARD & ADMINISTRATION TO JOIN
December 8, 2009

PROVOST'S DRAFT REVISIONS TO SENATE BYLAWS, November 21, 2009.
Officially submitted to the Academic Senate on December 1, 2009

Academic Governance–Implementation of Recommendations
Submitted by President Thomas Schutte and the Academic Governance
Oversight Committee (AGOC) to the Pratt Community; December 14, 2009
Approved by the Board of Trustees, December 10, 2009

* SENATE RESPONSE TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, November 17, 2009
On November 16, the President sent to the Senate, the final version of the Final Report. Not having been consulted during the process and under time constraints, the Senate provided a summary response and requested a postponement of Board action on the recommendations of the AGOC.

Consultant's Report March 2009
Download PDF of John Erickson’s governance report, Consultant’s Report to Pratt Institute: Academic Governance and Decision-Making. Note Erickson’s findings, recommendations and suggested implementation on pages 10-15 of the report.

SENATE RESPONSE TO THE ERICKSON REPORT

		* MEMORANDUM TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, May 5, 2009
		* Comments on Findings and Recommendations, May 5, 2009 NOTE: Comments on the Findings and Recommendations are attached and are not contained in the memo, as they do not directly relate to governance matters, which are central to the Senate. Many of the Recommendations do not appear to issue from or be informed by the Findings, which seem to point to matters of management, personal interactions and behavior.
		* Exhibits of Support Documentation, May 5, 2009

Senate Process: Discussion, Resolutions & Adoption of Senate Response

RESPONSE MEMORANDUM with FOREWORD
President Lee presented a draft Memorandum of the Response, noting that each of the points has been sent, individually and by email to Senators since the Formation of the Senate presentation at the April 7 Senate Report. Exhibits A through F substantiate, with official documents, the narrative in the memo.
Upon each Motion duly made and seconded, each portion of text was adopted, as follows:

1.		The Recognition of the authority of the Board was unanimously adopted as amended
2.		The Endorsement of Erickson’s statement of intent was adopted (1 dissension)
3.		The Introduction framing the response was unanimously adopted as amended
4.		The Formation & Purpose of the Senate, number 1, was unanimously adopted as amended to include citations on “Shared Governance"
5.		The Review and Approval Function of the Senate in Curriculum was unanimously adopted as amended
		Upon a Motion duly made and seconded, the Senate approved, unanimously, the memorandum with approved amendments:
6.		RESOLVED, That the Senate adopt the May 5 Memorandum Response in its entirety
		President Lee presented a draft Attachment on Comments on Findings and Recommendations. Upon a Motion duly made and seconded, the Senate approved, unanimously, as follows:
7.		RESOLVED, That the Senate adopt the May 5 Attachment as drafted; and it is further
8.		RESOLVED, That the Senate adopt all Exhibits of Support Documents as drafted
		In addition, the Senate resolved, unanimously, as follows:
9.		RESOLVED, That the Senate direct President Lee to follow up with the President's office to distribute the packet to each board member;
10.		RESOLVED, That the Senate invite Mike Pratt, Chairman of the Board, to a Senate meeting in September 2009, to discuss the matter of governance at the institute; and
11.		RESOLVED, That the Senate direct Faculty Trustees, Professor Sameetah Agha and Professor Douglas Wirls, to distribute hard copies of the packet and request recognition at the May 7th Board of Trustees meeting for the purpose of briefly presenting to the full board, issues related to academic governance review at the institute.*
		* (subject to clarification of trustee-faculty protocols, notwithstanding the trustee status of Agha and Wirls)

Study on Academic Governance
President Schutte: In June, we retained an educational consultant, Dr. John Erickson, to help us with current academic governance. The project includes a review of academic governance processes, practices, and structures (including but not necessarily limited to academic departments, provost, academic senate, president, and board of trustees). The study will propose and identify specific changes that will foster – through clearly delineated roles and responsibilities – more efficient and effective processes, practices, and structures for academic program management. President Schutte's Report to the Community, page 4; November 3, 2008