Appendix A
President Wohlpart’s rationale for bypassing shared governance norms at CWU is, as we understand it, 1) that the faculty do not collaborate and 2) that faculty do not move nimbly enough to address challenges facing the institution. However, we would like to note that faculty—through Faculty Senate, a key agent for capturing the “views of the whole faculty” 15 —have engaged in good-faith efforts to work with President Wohlpart and the administration, including by responding to the following university challenges: ● Faculty Senate worked with administration on policy changes: The Faculty Senate worked with the administration to develop the policy management policy (CWU 001-01) in 2024, and the administration promised that the Faculty Senate role in policy creation and revision would remain intact. A statement was included in the policy that “ *Part 5 - Academic Affairs Policies – Follow a separate review process outlined by Faculty Senate and are not subject to the regular University Community Review. Once the separate review is completed and the faculty senate has approved the finalized draft, it returns to the University Policy process at (7)C.1 .” That language was negotiated with the then Faculty Senate Executive Committee. The Faculty Senate has been actively working with the administration to reorganize academic policies during Fall 2025 quarter, using the process the administration established, outside of Senate committees. However, in a unilateral move, the administration broke the promise they made in 2024 on December 11, 2025, when they removed the statement about Faculty Senate from CWU 001-01 procedure at UPAC, without any consultation with Senate, and against the protests of the Faculty Senate Chair. The President went on to approve the policy change, again without any consultation with the affected group, the Faculty Senate. ● Faculty Senate responded quickly to federal Executive Orders: The Faculty Senate worked with the administration to quickly facilitate a vote of the Senate to remove both the Antiracism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ADI) graduation requirements, in response to federal threats against DEI, and to remove the first year experience (CWU 184 courses) from the general education program, in response to capacity and budget issues that the administration acknowledged had been caused by the administration’s own mismanagement of 184 section offerings. 16 15 Quote from the 1966 Joint Statement, published by AAUP. Pp. 123. Accessed Jan. 18, 2026: https://www.aaup.org/reports-publications/aaup-policies-reports/topical-reports/statement-government- colleges-and 16 See June 4, 2025, Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, Exhibit B. Accessed Jan. 18, 2026: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m9YdhKPUwfv3Xey2NhzMHxV_va4EycLZ/view?usp=sharing
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