An Experiment in Governance; The Ohio Faculty Senate.
This article considers the development and experience of the Ohio Faculty Senate. The author discusses how a senate can be created within the current tradition of collegial institutional governance; how faculty from diverse institutions can cooperate to develop positions and policies for governors, legislatures, and boards of regents; and how such a statewide faculty senate can provide leadership not only in communicating member schools' concerns to the state level but in relaying back to its constituents statewide issues that might lead to local changes.