College and University Governance: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Burgan, Mary A.; Kezar, Adrianna; Potter, Mary C.; Storti, Duane
- Source
- Academe; September 2011 supp, Vol. 97 Issue 5, p51-66, 16p
- Subject
- American Association of University Professors
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Teacher participation in administration
University & college administration
Report writing
University faculty
School administration
Tenure of college teachers
- Language
- ISSN
- 01902946
The article presents a report on the action taken in the summer of 2007 by the board of trustees and the administration of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) which suspended its faculty senate and replaced it with a transitional structure of faculty governance. The step was taken following the refusal of the senate to follow a board directive to amend its constitution to exclude all except the tenured and tenure-track faculty from the senate's constituency and membership. The investigating committee of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) found the suspension of RPI's senate as a prima facie violation of shared governance.