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Campus Governance 3/17/09
The interests of students, faculty,
and staff are represented by three separate but equally important bodies:
In order to ensure the integrity and
effectiveness of the College’s governance and decision-making processes, roles
of governance groups, such as College Council and Academic Senate, these
bodies will be regularly evaluated and results communicated with college
constituent groups.
Academic Senate
The Academic Senate of Hawai`i Community
College convenes as an organization to maintain and strengthen academic
decision-making at the College and system-wide levels. The purpose of the Academic Senate is to
ensure academic integrity of the College.
The Senate functions as a recommending and governing body. Senate responsibilities include but are not
limited to the development, modification, initiation, and review of academic
policies and issues in consultation with the Chancellor and others as
needed. Membership consists of all
BOR-appointed instructional and non-instructional faculty
covered by Collective Bargaining Unit7 who have their primary assignment with HawCC. Members of the Academic Senate are referred to as Senators.
All Senators have the rights of voice and vote.
Charter: http://www.hawcc.hawaii.edu/senate/charter.htm
Associated Students
of the
The Associated
Students of the
Student Governance: ASUH-HawCC represents the students of Hawai'i Community College. It’s main focus and duties include research, education and action related to the community college.
Awareness: Promotes awareness of issues, gains support for changes and initiates actions to create the desired campus environment.
Advocacy: Advocates for community college and student issues at the county, state and federal government levels
Policy Making: Provides representative input on policies and decision affecting instruction and student services for HawCC students.
Co-curricular Services: Implements
co-curricular programs and services of interest that benefit HawCC students.
Fiscal Stewardship: Practices
responsible fiscal stewardship of the mandatory student fees collected by the
College on behalf of the Student Body.
Membership consists of students whose home campus is HawCC
and who are enrolled in at least one (1) credit offered by HawCC.
Bylaws: http://hawaii.edu/sgbylaws.htm
College Council
The College Council of Hawai`i Community College convenes as the Chancellor’s means to maintain and strengthen communication. The purpose of the Council is to serve as a college-wide organization with representatives from all major campus constituencies and ex-officio members. The Council’s primary purpose is to serve as the Chancellor’s forum to facilitate dialogue on college-wide issues. The Council advises the Chancellor on issues that affect the entire College and that are not exclusively governed by another body, such as the Academic Senate and/or ASUH-HawCC. Ex-officio members and representatives must be full-time
administrators, BOR-appointed faculty, or APT and clerical regular hires. Constituencies to be represented and ex-officio members are determined by the Chancellor and the Administration in consultation with the Council. Ex-officio members and constituencies for Council representation are determined by the most current Organizational Chart to ensure college-wide participation.
Charter to be posted at: http://www.hawcc.hawaii.edu/collegecouncil.index.htm