Shared Governance
A healthy shared governance structure of a university is the right and responsibility of any scholarly community. Shared governance ensures that the faculty is able to exercise its fundamental role in academic decisions while supporting a faculty member’s right to remain true to his or her intellectual commitments. IFO Academic Affairs is devoted to facilitating a broad and open exchange of ideas, responding to local and national academic issues, and promoting collegiality and understanding of all institutional perspectives.
SMSU English faculty have recently published a free, online, open educational resource, titled Why Writing Works: Disciplinary Approaches to Composing Texts. Watch a video about the project here.
A push to update the affirmative consent policy, led by Students United and supported by the IFO, was approved by the Board of Trustees in February.
Three finalists to participate in open forums for employees and students on Feb. 27 and 28.
MN State adopted a Respectful Workplace Procedure that addresses concerns about applicability to higher education.