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Mission and Integrity
Structures and Processes for Implementing the Campus and Unit Missions

Criterion 1d: The organization's governance and administrative structures promote effective leadership and support collaborative processes that enable the organization to fulfill its mission.

 
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Key Structures

Implementing the vision and goals of campus and unit missions is embedded in the ordinary administrative structures and procedures of the institution. In other words, during the normal course of university business and planning, procedures require the students, faculty, staff and administrators of the institution to keep in mind, address, and adhere to the mission and its goals. This is the case both on a short-term basis (annual or biennial) in scheduling, budgeting, and planning, and in the longer term planning for new programs and initiatives, evaluation of existing programs, and the planning for major capital initiatives, such as the acquisition of new buildings or major fundraising. The following description of these structures and procedures reveals how the University implements its mission and goals. An organizational chart of the University administration is also presented on the following page (See Figure 3).

 
 
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Chapter 36

Throughout the University of Wisconsin System, overall administrative responsibility is grounded in the statutory rules of shared governance. These provisions are known colloquially as “Chapter 36,” the chapter of the Wisconsin Statutes that governs the University System. The overall mission of the System quoted above is Section 36.01(2) of state statutes. Wisconsin is unique in having its governance system grounded in statute. Accordingly, the responsibilities of the employee groups, faculty and academic staff, and constituencies, students, employees, the board, and administrators, and their respective rights, duties and responsibilities for governance are explicitly defined. This system provides a chain of direct accountability from the state government to the actions of individuals in the institution. Through the state budget and oversight process, the system shapes UWM’s capacity to function, innovate, grow, or change.
 

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