Cuyamaca College’s Commitment to Participatory Governance

Cuyamaca College is deeply committed to inclusive and collaborative decision-making that reflects the diverse voices of our campus community. Through clearly defined organizational and governance structures, the college fosters meaningful participation from all constituent groups—faculty, classified professionals, administrators, and students. 

 

The Participatory Governance Handbook serves as a guide to the collegial decision-making and policy recommendation process at Cuyamaca College. It outlines the roles, responsibilities, and reporting pathways of the college’s participatory governance councils, committees, and sub-groups. This resource is designed to support transparency, strengthen communication and understanding of participatory governance, and encourage active and effective engagement from all members of the college in advancing the College’s mission and shaping the future success of the College. 

 

Our governance structure reflects institutional decision-making processes that involves representatives of all constituent groups in developing and recommending policies and procedures (exclusive of collective bargaining matters) to the college president, district chancellor, and Board of Trustees. The constituency groups include students, faculty, classified professionals, and administrators. The college’s decision-making processes are in alignment with the Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District Board of Trustees’ Board Policy (BP) 2510 and the state’s Assembly Bill AB 1725.