{"id":23163,"date":"2023-09-06T00:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/gfo\/?page_id=23163&#038;preview_id=23163"},"modified":"2025-10-09T01:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:05:50","slug":"what-is-faculty-governance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/gfo\/gfo\/what-is-faculty-governance","title":{"rendered":"What is Faculty Governance?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/gfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/Faculty-Shared-Governance-Organizational-Chart-1024x450.jpg\" alt=\"Organizational chart showing faculty governance at the University of Washington, including UW Tri-Campus Governance, UW Bothell Campus Governance, the Faculty Senate, General Faculty Organization, and various councils such as EC, CCPT, CCAL, CCPB, and CCASC. Also includes school-level elected faculty councils for STEM, SNHS, Education, Business, and IAS.\" class=\"wp-image-23692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/gfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/Faculty-Shared-Governance-Organizational-Chart-1024x450.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/gfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/Faculty-Shared-Governance-Organizational-Chart-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/gfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/Faculty-Shared-Governance-Organizational-Chart-768x337.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/gfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/Faculty-Shared-Governance-Organizational-Chart-1536x675.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/gfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/Faculty-Shared-Governance-Organizational-Chart-2048x900.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/gfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/Faculty-Shared-Governance-Organizational-Chart-1920x844.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/gfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/Faculty-Shared-Governance-Organizational-Chart-1200x527.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/gfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/Faculty-Shared-Governance-Organizational-Chart-600x264.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty governance is an organizational method for managing the UW that establishes that we, as faculty, share responsibility with UW administration in the governance and stewardship of UW resources. Our input into administrative decisions occurs in four ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Faculty senate representatives gather input from UW Bothell faculty and make recommendations to the President.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faculty senate council representatives gather input from UW Bothell faculty and make recommendations to the Provost.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faculty representatives on General Faculty Organization (GFO) councils gather input from UW Bothell faculty and make recommendations to school Deans, Vice Chancellors and Chancellors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Elected Faculty Councils are school-level faculty governance bodies where school faculty make recommendations to the Deans. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    \n            <a class=\"bothell-link-block link-block-1 bothell-link-block--margin-top \"\n           style=\"color:var(--wp--custom--color--purple-300)\"\n           href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/gfo\/faculty-governance-structure-at-uw-tri-campus#videos\"\n                    >\n                            <span class=\"show-for-sr\">Explore the General Faculty Organization&#039;s video series on faculty governance structures at UW tri-campus. <\/span>\n                <span class=\"bothell-link-block__label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Video Series: Faculty Governance Structure at UW Tri-Campus<\/span>\n                                        <span class=\"bothell-link-block__label-icon bothell-link-block__label-icon--alt\">\n                                        <span class=\"bothell-link-block-dark-purple\">\n                        <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewBox=\"0 0 28.28 42.26\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\">\n  <path d=\"m5.4 42.26 22.87-21.27L5.18 0 0 5.71 16.97 21 .27 36.5l5.14 5.76Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <\/span>\n                <\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n    \n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our governance responsibilities as faculty are contractually valid and protected by the state legislature (<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.leg.wa.gov\/rcw\/default.aspx?cite=28B.20.200\">RCW 28B.20.200<\/a>) and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/admin\/rules\/policies\/FCG\/FacCodeTOC.html\">UW Faculty Code<\/a>.  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