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It should, therefore, be easy for the public to know what governing bodies are doing. University governance, however, isn’t always as transparent as it should be.1  \nOften, the public is given little advance notice of when and where meetings will be held and what issues will be discussed. In North Carolina, for example, meeting times and agendas for the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors are often sent out a mere two or three business days ahead of time.  \nIn addition, it can be difficult to get in contact with specific board members. Both individual  \n1. To read more from the Martin Center about the importance of governance transparency, visit: [https://](https://)[ ](https://)[www.jamesgmartin.center/tag/governance/](www.jamesgmartin.center/tag/governance/)  \nemail addresses and physical mailing addresses are often unavailable. If opportunities for public comment are offered, members of the public must sign-up in advance of the meeting. However, the timeframe to sign up for public comment is often narrow and unspecified. The UNC System’s website, for example, vaguely says that the “next opportunity to submit comments will be in advance” of the upcoming meeting.2 The Nevada System of Higher Education is similarly vague about when public comments will be accepted.3 Furthermore, since the pandemic, the UNC System no longer holds inperson public comment sessions. The University of California System, on the other hand, allows public comments to be made in person, by phone, and written comments can be sent to a designated email address.4  \n2. UNC Board of Governors Public Comment  \n3. Public Comment, Nevada System of Higher Education:“Upcoming meetings are not yet accepting public comment. Public comment will be available for the next meeting once the agenda for that meeting has also been made available.”  \n4. Guidelines for Public Comment, University of California Board of Regents  \n1 Blueprint for Reform  \n2 Blueprint for Reform  \nuniversity policies  \nTransparent every  \nmeetings  \nMeeting  \nperiod:  \nOne of the silver linings ofthe pandemic was an increase in governance transparency. Governing boards began live-streaming meetings that hadn’t previously been available for remote viewing. Many meetings, including committee and subcommittee meetings, became publicly available via live stream. Some schools even recorded and posted those meetings for later public viewing online.  \nThis was a positive step in transparency because, aside from a global pandemic, members of the public do not always have the ability to physically attend meetings in person. Before the pandemic, if people wanted to know what happened during a meeting, they either had to go in person or rely on secondhand accounts.  \nAnother positive practice adopted during the pandemic was the policy of conducting votes by roll call. The nature of video conferencing makes it difficult to know how many people vote in favor or against a given motion. Taking votes by roll call, and later recording those votes in the meeting minutes, ensures accuracy. Taking votes by roll call is also valuable for in-person meetings. Even with everyone in the same room, it can be difficult to know how each individual board member votes amidst a unison of“yeas” or “nays.”  \nUnfortunately, as universities transitioned back to meeting in person, some of the gains in transparency have been abandoned. Those practices should be restored and made permanent board policy, a","cbCaitsXjocHD74O","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitsXjocHD74O","pdf",425465,"English","# Why is governance reform needed?\n## Transparency gaps and public access challenges\n## Pandemic-era improvements\n## Restoring and expanding transparency\n# Recommendations\n## Actions for universities\n## Examples and models\n# Policymakers’ reading and legislation","[{\"question\":\"Why is governance reform needed for public universities?\",\"answer\":\"Public university governing boards are meant to serve the people, so the public should be able to understand what governing bodies are doing. 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