Faculty Involvement on Virginia College and University Boards of Visitors
(Information provided by Dr. Axsom and the Faculty Senate of Virginia)
to the Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education

Type

Institution

Observe

Voice

Standing

How Faculty Selected

Committee

Reps
Public
4 yr.

GMU

yes

no

yes
Faculty Senate President & 2 FS President appointees
4 yr.

JMU

yes

limited

yes
Faculty Senate Speaker
4 yr.

LC

yes

yes

yes
Elected by faculty to 1-yr term; Faculty Sen Exec Comm Assigned to each bov standing committee
4 yr.

MWC

yes

yes

no
Elected by faculty to 2-yr term
4 yr.

NSU

yes

yes

no
Faculty Senate President
4 yr.

ODU

no

no

no
4 yr.

RU

no

no

no
4 yr.

VCU

yes

limited

no
Faculty Senate President
4 yr.

VSU

no

no

no
4 yr.

VT

yes

yes

yes
Faculty Senate President
4 yr.

W&M

yes

yes

no
Faculty Assemby VP, as chair of bov liaison committee
4 yr.

UVA

no

limited

no
Faculty Senate Chair; informal relationship with board
4 yr.

UVA-W

no

limited

no
Facaculty Senate Chair; informal relationship with board
2 yr.

DLCC

no

no

no
2 yr.

JSRCC

yes

yes

no
Faculty Senate President
2 yr.

LFCC

yes

?

?
Faculty Council Chairperson
2 yr.

MECC

yes

limited

no
Faculty Senate President
2 yr.

NRCC

yes

yes

no
Faculty Assembly President
2 yr.

NVCC

no

no

no
2 yr.

SVCC

no

no

no
2 yr.

SWVCC

no

no

no
2 yr.

TNCC

yes

no

no
Faculty Senate President
2 yr.

TCC

yes

limited

no
Faculty Senate President
2 yr.

WCC

no

no

no
Private:

Sweet Briar

yes

yes

yes
Multiple representatives, elected by faculty

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EPI would like to thank Dr. Axsom for
allowing us to post this report on this web site.


Posted: September 12, 1999
By The Educational Policy Institute of Virginia Tech
sjanosik@vt.edu