Criteria for Review 3.11

The institution's faculty exercises effective academic leadership and acts consistently to ensure both academic quality and the appropriate maintenance of the institution's educational purposes and character.

CSU, Chico strengthens its institutional effectiveness by affirming a shared-governance structure that encourages participation of members of the University community in key decisions of the institution.

Links to Evidence and Related Topics

• Academic Senate Organization Chart
• Constitution of the Academic Senate
• Constitution of the Faculty of CSU, Chico
• Current Activities of the Academic Senate
• Academic Senate - List of Committees
• Comments from the Chair of the Academic Senate
• CSU, Chico Staff Council
• Constitution of the Staff Council
• Role of the Staff Council
• Staff Council News
• CFA
• CSUEU

The institution conducts sustained, evidence-based, and participatory discussions about how effectively it is accomplishing its purposes and achieving its educational objectives.  These activities inform both institutional planning and systematic evaluations of educational effectiveness.  The results of institutional inquiry, research, and data collection are used to establish priorities at different levels of the institution, and to revise institutional purposes, structures, and approaches to teaching, learning, and scholarly work.