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University Senate urges renewed consultation, empathy in shared governance
Summary
The University Senate's Conference told the University of Illinois Board of Trustees that healthy shared governance depends on regular consultation, mutual respect and designed processes — urging trustees and administrators to resist adversarial postures during heightened public pressure on campuses.
Joyce Tolliver, associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Urbana and a longtime member of the University Senate's Conference, told the Board of Trustees on May 2025 that shared governance nationwide is under strain and that the University of Illinois system should double down on collaboration.
"The core of healthy shared governance is a mutual commitment to understand and honor each other's perspectives and concerns," Tolliver said, urging continued consultation among faculty, administrators and trustees.
Tolliver framed the problem as systemic, not…
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