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Resolution Supporting Student Consultation During Reorganization

The Associated Students of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa presented their Senate Resolution 03-20 CONDEMNING THE LACK OF STUDENT CONSULTATION THROUGHOUT THE TIM/SHIDLER MERGER PROCESS to the UHM Faculty Senate.

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Presented to the Mānoa Faculty Senate by the Committee on Administration & Budget (CAB) for a vote of the full senate on October 16, 2019, a resolution supporting student consultation during reorganization.  Approved by the Mānoa Faculty Senate on October 16, 2019 with 47 votes in favor of support; 1 vote against; and 1 abstention.

RESOLUTION SUPPORTING STUDENT CONSULTATION DURING REORGANIZATION

WHEREAS, University of Hawaii Administrative Procedures A3.101 provides for appropriate consultation and information dissemination on reorganization; and

WHEREAS, A3.101 requires that the proposed reorganization be “disseminated and discussed within the affected units and with affected personnel;” and

WHEREAS, A3.101 specifically calls for consultation only with “human resources and budget offices” and “collective bargaining representatives” omitting students; and

WHEREAS, the Mānoa Faculty Senate reviews any proposed reorganization as a representative of affected stakeholders and personnel among faculty on the Mānoa campus; and

WHEREAS, A3.101 requires a reorganization proposal to discuss “impact on services to students;” and

WHEREAS, students at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, both undergraduate and graduate, represent important stakeholders and affected personnel in a reorganization; therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mānoa Faculty Senate supports the inclusion of students in the consultative process of proposed reorganizations.