4.1 Shared Governance Principles

Shared governance at Maricopa Community Colleges: 

  • Reflects collaboration among the chief component groups - faculty, staff, administrators, students, and the Governing Board. 
  • Recognizes and values the expertise and responsibilities of the chief component groups. 
  • Provides a venue and gives voice to common concerns, as well as to issues unique to specific component groups. 
  • Invites all component groups and constituencies to participate as true consultants and partners in good-faith problem solving. 
  • Depends on open and reciprocal communication, transparency, and the development of trust and sense of community in planning and implementation. 
  • Commits to the importance of building consensus wherever possible, and also to moving forward where it cannot be achieved. 
  • Supports the shared vision of the Maricopa Community Colleges: "colleges for the community - working collectively and responsibly to meet the life-long learning needs of diverse students and communities."

These principles operate within a formal structure in which the Governing Board retains final authority over all matters under its legal purview, unless otherwise expressly delegated. Our Governing Board has delegated operational authority to the Chancellor, and it is the Chancellor who unltimately oversees the operation of the shared governance system. All actions within the shared governance system shall align with the larger regulatory and legal framework within which we operate. 

Policy inception date: Shared Governance Principles - at the October, 24, 2023 Governing Board Meeting



 

Our Vision: See Policy 1.0 

DATE OF POLICY SUNSET: Governing Values - May 23, 2023

AMENDED December 13, 2005, Motion No. 9350

AMENDED July 22, 1997, Motion No. 8673

ADOPTED January 28, 1997, Motion No. 8626

Our Mission: See Policy 1.0

DATE OF POLICY SUNSET: Governing Values - May 23, 2023 

AMENDED December 14, 2004, Motion No. 9288

AMENDED July 27, 1999, Motion No. 8882

ADOPTED January 28, 1997, Motion No. 8626

Our Institutional Values: See Policy 1.0 

DATE OF POLICY SUNSET: Governing Values - May 23, 2023

AMENDED December 13, 2005, Motion No. 9350

AMENDED July 22, 1997, Motion No. 8673

AMENDED July 22, 1997, Motion No. 8672

AMENDED January 28, 1997, Motion No. 8627

ADOPTED January 28, 1997, Motion No. 8626

AMENDED February 22, 2011, Motion No. 9781, 9782