As stated in the resolution set forth by the Board of Trustees on April 7, 2011, “National, regional, and state demands for post-secondary education require a contemporary university governance structure in which administrators, faculty, staff, students, and alumni work collaboratively to respond to issues of institutional context and educational effectiveness. A model of shared governance embodies a contemporary governance structure providing shareholder representation, authoritative reporting, deliberative review, and a structured environment of transparency, timeliness, and closure.”

As a part of this resolution, the Board of Trustees authorized the creation of “a University Senate or alternative models of shared governance for NJIT [with a deadline] to implement the University Senate or alternative models of shared governance in the 2011 calendar year.”

The development of a shared governance model--that is a governance structure that balances “shareholder participation in planning and decision making with administrative responsibility, with clear delineation of responsibility and authority as delegated by the Board of Trustees, the entity that has all legal authority over the governance of the institution”--is led by a Shared Governance Steering Committee.  The membership of that committee, representing the NJIT community and chaired by Provost Gatley, is as follows:

Agrawal, Ankur > GSA, President

Anderson, Matthew > Student Senate , Senator

Assaf, Baker > Alumni Assoc Board of Dir , Alumnus

Bishof, Ed > Budget, Associate Vice President

Bloom, Joel > Interim President

Bodner, Janet > Humanities , Associate Director ESL Program

Cassetta, Ray > Management Adv Board/Board of Trustees Comm on Academic Affairs and Research, Alumnus

Caudill, Reggie >  MIE, Faculty

D'Cruz, Agnel > GSA, Vice President

Garber, Richard > CoAD, Faculty

Gary, Dale > Physics, Faculty

Gatley, Ian > Provost

Golub, Gene > CEE, Faculty

Jonakait, Mill > Biology, Chair Faculty Council

Kimmelman, Burt > Humanities, Faculty

Koplik, Bernard > MIE, Faculty

Mani, Balraj > MIE, University Lecturer

Mass, Greg > Career Dvlpmt. Svcs.,  Exec Director

Michalopoulou, Eliza > Mathematics, Faculty

Mili, Ali > Computer Science, Faculty

Perez, Manny > Mathematics, Faculty

Ross, Hank > Chief of Staff (resource)

Sheft, Judith > Technology Development, Assoc Vice President

Sher, Richard > History, Faculty

Stanley, Joe > Alumni Assoc Board of Dir., President

Sylla, Cheickna > SoM, Faculty

Thomas, Tessy > Student Senate, President

Wos, Cindy > CBPE, Assist to the Chair

This committee has been charged with implementation of the new Shared Governance structure in the 2011 calendar year. Documentation of the progress of that committee will be provided as the committee pursues its deadline.

• 10/12/11: Shared Governance Presentation to Faculty-At-Large
• General Principles of the Proposed NJIT Faculty Senate
• Advantages of the System of Shared Governance Proposed by the Shared Governance Steering Committee