Organizational Strengths and Weaknesses. In: Self Study Report (1974)

The '''Organizational Strengths and Weaknesses. In: Self Study Report''' was published in January 1974.

The weaknesses of the present governance structure center on the following characteristics:


 * With experience it is clear that the language of the College's constitution, particularly as it refers to jurisdictional responsibilities, allows for confusion with those areas charged to the Administration. In part, this reflects the desire for widespread participation in the decision-making and accountability processes.
 * The structure is so elaborate that it generates an unusual number of transactions between its member parts which maximize the opportunity for error, confusion, and possibilties of fatigue. Some of these transactions, principally those of required "review and ratification" have proven to be "rubber stamping" activities which many view as unnecessarily duplicative and time-consuming.
 * The elaborate definitions of responsibility for each sub-unit have not been clarfied with experience so that jurisdictional disputes are commonplace, time-consuming, and can produce tension in varying degrees in the College community.
 * The necessity to honor the above mentioned responsibilities through early consultation occasionally produces a slow decision process. This sometimes must be foreshortened in the face of external deadlines and pressures, giving rise to objection from the community at large to the particular action taken. (p.31-32)