For information about the College’s response to alleged violations of college
policy, please see the student handbook online at
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Campus Governance Model for Carleton College
Responsibility for the operation of the College is imposed by law upon the
Board of Trustees. The Board must assign the functions to a range of
administrative officers, faculty, and other individuals or groups. At Carleton,
much of the policy regarding the life of the College falls naturally into two
categories: educational policy, which is established by the Faculty, and a
number of other matters of campus governance, on which policy is formulated
by the College Council.
Certain aspects of College life may require the creation of College Committees.
In particular, there is a Budget Committee, which formulates recommendations
regarding annual budgets and longer-term financial plans, and a Committee on
Student Life, which assists the Dean of Students in implementation of social
policies of the College as they affect the lives of students. While the Board of
Trustees cannot lawfully abrogate the duty to review, ratify, or reject decisions
made in the performance of those functions which are delegated to campus
committees, administrative officers, faculty, or the College Council, it
recognizes that the orderly running of the College depends on a high degree of
decentralization of responsibility for formulation and administration of policy.
Statement on Student Access to The Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees of the College wishes to emphasize to all members of the
Carleton community that its members value and welcome opportunities, formal
and informal, to exchange information and viewpoints on subjects which
concern the College. To this end, the Board has authorized a statement regarding
its responsibilities and publishes this statement annually in the Student
Handbook as the first document in the section on the Governance of the College.
In this statement the Board emphasizes that its
Student Life Committee
serves as
a point of liaison between the Board and the campus. The Board emphasizes
also that its committees meet with their campus government analogues
periodically. The Board has consistently arranged for such meetings to occur
and, in particular, for meetings of the
Committee of Community Life and
Concerns
to be broadly based. The Board wishes to reiterate that, as part of the
governance structure of the College, matters for formal consideration by the
Board come to it through its committee structure.
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