The Role of the Academic Federation in Shared Governance

The Academic Senate issued a report on shared governance at UC Davis entitled “Mending the Wall” during the 2004-05 academic year. The Academic Federation Executive Council felt obligated to respond to the document because we represent another group of academic employees that make critical contributions to campus and that could be significantly affected if the report were fully implemented. Here are the relevant documents in descending chronological order:

• Cover Memo from Academic Federation Chair Catherine VandeVoort November 2, 2005
• Academic Federation Response to Mending the Wall – dated August 18, 2005
• Enclosure: Workload Per College: 2004-2005, 2003-2004, 2002-2003
• Academic Senate Report on Shared Governance: Mending the Wall – December 2004
  (Section 9, starting on page 69, is most pertinent to the Academic Federation)
• Dateline Perspective: Senate, Federation faculty must unite toward academic interests - Kevin Hoover, 12/03/04
• Dateline Perspective: Truly 'shared governance' demands greater role for federation faculty - John Stenzel, 10/29/04