Student participation in university governance: the opinions of professors and students
This article focuses on analysing student participation in university governance, with the specific aims of identifying the main obstacles to student participation and offering proposals of how to better facilitate student involvement in the functioning of the university. From student
questionnaires, teaching staff interviews and student discussion groups we obtained information regarding the major obstacles to student participation. The methodology employed in this research allows us to compare and contrast the opinions and perceptions of students and teaching staff. Significant
differences are identified that highlight the main ways for facilitating change in student participation in the university. The required changes should not only relate to improving the means by which students are informed about ways of participating, but also influence how universities structure
participatory processes, the role of the teaching staff and, specifically, the role of coordinators of those managing bodies closest to the students.
Keywords: management; professor; student participation; students’ voice; university governance
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Department of Pedagogy, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
Publication date: 01 May 2013
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