II. Roles and Purpose of Elected Representative Bodies and Councils
(Faculty Council, Staff Council and Unified Student Government)
Loyola recognizes that each major constituency group within the University has a legitimate need to meet and deliberate, share ideas and plan for activities that are of particular interest to the members of this constituency. For example, students have a legitimate need to establish a student government with goals and aims that address their needs, and to have a forum in which ideas can be exchanged, activities planned, leaders recruited and developed, and concerns particular to students, might be addressed. To represent the student constituency, Unified Student Government and various graduate and professional student associations are recognized as voices for those particular constituencies.
The same holds true for faculty, staff and administration. These entities may make recommendations and take a position on various matters germane to the whole University or some issue that affects the constituency it represents or another constituency, but they are not in themselves "policy" committees. This is the case because, by their nature, they exclude other important constituencies from their own deliberative process.
Many Loyola constituencies have at least one such council or group that will continue to provide for the aforementioned, legitimate functions on behalf of a key constituency. These are: Unified Student Government, and various graduate and professional school councils; Staff Council; Faculty Council; and the Administrative Leadership team, that is, the combined Provost's Deans Council and President's Cabinet.