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Chapter 3
Leadership, Governance, and Administration
Standard 4: Leadership and Governance
The institution’s system of governance clearly defines the roles of institutional
constituencies in policy development and decision-making. The governance structure
includes an active governing body with sufficient autonomy to assure institutional
integrity and to fulfill its responsibilities of policy and resource development, consistent
with the mission of the institution.
Standard 5: Administration
The institution’s administrative structure and services facilitate learning and research/
scholarship, foster quality improvement, and support the institution’s organization and
governance.
This chapter provides evidence of Keuka College’s compliance with Standard 4 and Standard 5.
The leadership of the College is vested in the Board of Trustees, the President, and the Vice
Presidents who comprise the Cabinet. These groups provide leadership in ensuring the College’s
mission is implemented. Keuka College is operated through a system of shared governance.
The constituencies involved in this system include the Board of Trustees, the President, the
Faculty, the President’s Cabinet (formerly known as the Administrative Team or informally as
the A-Team), the Student Association of the College, and the recently established Staff Advisory
Council (SAC) and College Advisory Council (CAC). Each has a formalized set of policies,
procedures and/or By-Laws that clearly articulate their role in the governance of Keuka College.
As the College has increased in complexity, particularly with regard to the scope and size of its
academic programs, the Board has regularly assessed the effectiveness of the College’s
administrative structure and institutional leadership. The Board recognizes the need for an agile
and dynamic leadership team, and with the counsel of the College’s chief executive officer,
accordingly approves new or restructured leadership positions that would allow greater
effectiveness and efficiency. The major administrative changes since 2002, detailed below and
discussed at length in Appendix 3.1 Major Administrative Changes, reflect the College’s growth
in the non-traditional arenas, that is, the growth of the adult degree completion programs and the
overseas programs.
At the Cabinet level, the President has recently reorganized institutional leadership in profound
ways. Major changes included integrating oversight and accountability for the Accelerated
Studies for Adults Programs (ASAP) and support functions under the Vice President for
Academic Affairs, and consolidating the enrollment management and marketing functions,
previously divided between the traditional and ASAP programs, under one Vice President for
Enrollment Management and International Relations. Implemented in August 2012, these
changes were the result of the President’s assessment of the enrollment and marketing functions
and recognition that duplication of efforts could be reduced and recruitment strengthened
through integrated activities, such as recruiting transfer students for either the traditional
program or ASAP programs during college fairs at partner community colleges. The unification
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