Shared Governance
Academic Senate
RIT Croatia's Academic Senate is a body that facilitates faculty participation in the shared governance system. The role of the Academic Senate is to propose and approve new academic policies and procedures, as well as changes to existing policies and procedures. All full-time faculty and long-term adjuncts are members of the Academic Senate. Besides faculty, 15% of Academic Senate members consists of student representatives. All Academic Senate members take active role in Academic Senate committees. Academic Senate has six committees.
The Effective Teaching Committee is responsible for continuous monitoring of teaching pedagogy and the mechanisms used in the evaluation of all courses. The Committee is authorized to make recommendations to the RIT Croatia governing bodies and provide guidance to faculty on improving conditions and teaching methods with an emphasis on creativity, innovation and new technologies.
The Research and Scholarship Committee is responsible for monitoring all research activities affecting RIT Croatia as a whole. Key activities include organizing research seminars, developing procedures for financing faculty professional development, and research activities.
The Student Affairs Committee develops a set of recommendations to the Academic Senate in order to provide more clarity as to expectations for student academic conduct, collegiality, and civility. This Committee also makes recommendations for the work of Student Government and activities to improve student life. It is particularly involved in issues of honor, i.e., academic dishonesty and student misconduct.
The Faculty Affairs Committee is responsible for policy recommendations concerning faculty professional conduct and grievance processes as well as compensation and workloads. This Committee reviews all policies and procedures concerning the extended part-time and adjunct faculty of the college and keeps abreast of changes to the national tenure and promotion policies and the Law on Higher Education and Scientific Activity.
The Academic Policy Committee is the academic policy committee of the Academic Senate. The key activity is ensuring that key academic policies and procedures are aligned and in effect. The Committee is also tasked with reviewing existing and developing and proposing new academic policies and procedures, with the aim of ensuring the quality of academic activity of RIT Croatia. This committee also serves as a liaison with governing bodies and key stakeholder groups of RIT Croatia.
The Curriculum Committee studies curricular proposals from an RIT Croatia perspective, maintains appropriate inter-college relationships with regards to curriculum, assures that existing undergraduate and graduate curricula are periodically reviewed, and makes proposals to the Academic Senate for curriculum approval or discontinuance.
Quality Assurance Committee
The purpose of the Quality Assurance Committee is to create institutional mechanisms for systematic definition, implementation, assurance, evaluation, improvement, and quality management, in accordance with the highest quality standards in higher education based on the Law on Quality Assurance in Higher Education Area (ESG), as well as the standards of the Middle State Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).
The members of the Quality Assurance Committee are:
- Dr. Irena Guszak, President and Dean
- Dr. Jakob Patekar, Associate Dean
- Matea Novak, Quality Assurance Office Coordinator
- Angela Krčelić, President of the RIT Croatia Alumni Community
- Dr. Domagoj Tolić, Faculty Representative
- Christina Pejić, Staff Representative
- Antonela Rodić, Student Representative
Student Government
Student Government is a recognized organization that delivers the voice of the student body to faculty, staff, administrators, and the Board of Trustees. Student Government members include representatives from RIT Croatia's campuses in Dubrovnik and Zagreb, and focus their efforts on solving the issues that are most important for improving the quality of student life, with the ultimate goal of expanding opportunities and improving the experience of studying at RIT Croatia. In addition to the mentioned activities, the Student Government also hosts various events throughout the year to encourage student involvement in all spheres of student life.