Document Archive
Goddard College Governance Issues

Below are links to documents concerning governance issues at Goddard College. With the exception of the first category - Official Governance Policies and Documents - they are grouped by administration. The links are labeled according to title, author (if applicable), and date.

    Official Governance Policies and Documents
    Documents on governance as related to Goddard College, Vermont Statutes, and NEASC:

  1. Goddard Mission Statement
  2. Community Government at Goddard College - The Goddard Bulletin, March 1940
  3. Code of Expectations and Responsibilities for Board Members (Sept. 1992)
  4. NEASC Standards for Accreditation (1992)
  5. Governance at Goddard College, Part I (1994)
  6. Governance at Goddard College, Part II (1994)
  7. Vermont Statutes for Non-Profit Governance
  8. Procedures for Goddard College Presidential Review (1994)

    Pitkin Administration (1938-1969) –

  9. President Pitkin’s Report to BOT (1949)
  10. President Pitkin’s Report to BOT (1954)

    Kytle Administration (1990-1994) –
    Documents related to NEASC concerns on Governance and the Governance Task Force work on creating the Governance Document:

  11. Memo from Gov. Task Force to Kytle (June 1991)
  12. Memo to Goddard community from Kytle (Sept. 1992)
  13. Report from NEASC to Goddard (Oct. 1992)
  14. A Report and Resolution on Governance (Jan. 1993)
  15. Wilfred Hamlin Report to Task Force (June 1993)
  16. Confidential Report to Task Force (July 1993)
  17. CEC Report to Task Force (July 1993)
  18. Jackson Kytle Report to Task Force (July 1993)
  19. Frank Adams on Making Decisions by Consent (July 1993)
  20. Kirk Gardner Report to Task Force (Aug. 1993)
  21. Goddard’s Self Study Report to NEASC Commission (Mar. 1994)

    Greene Administration (1994-1996) –
    These documents are presented in chronological order and are a combination of BOT (Board of Trustees) minutes, documents presented to the BOT, documents issued by the BOT and Board Chair, and documents from dissenting Board Members.

  22. BOT Minutes (June 1995)
  23. E-BOT Minutes (Sept. 1995)
  24. Off-Campus Rep. Trustee, Candidate Dinkelaker’s Statement of Interest (Sept. 1995)
  25. Faculty Petition to Chair of BOT regarding Academic Dean Resignation (Oct. 1995)
  26. President Greene’s Memo to BOT concerning issues on Campus (Oct. 1995)
  27. President Greene’s Report to BOT (Oct. 1995)
  28. Remarks at BOT Meeting by Richard Schramm core-Faculty (Oct. 1995)
  29. BOT Minutes (Oct. 1995)
  30. At-Large Trustee, Larry Kressley’s Resignation Letter (Oct. 1995)
  31. Faculty Memo to BOT regarding Greene (Jan. 1996)
  32. President Greene’s Report to BOT (Jan. 1996)
  33. Faculty Vote of No-Confidence (April 18, 1996)
  34. E-BOT Minutes (April 19, 1996)
  35. E-BOT Minutes (April 24, 1996)
  36. E-BOT Minutes (April 30, 1996)
  37. BOT Statement in Support of Greene (May 6, 1996)
  38. At-Large Trustee, Peter Lazus’ Dissenting Opinion (May 6, 1996)
  39. Staff Rep. Trustee, Stu Bautz Dissenting Statement (May 6, 1996)
  40. Student Letter to BOT in Response to BOT Support of Greene (May 6, 1996)
  41. Off-Campus Rep. Trustee, Andrew Dinkelaker Dissenting Statement (May 13, 1996)
  42. Off-Campus Rep. Trustee, Andrew Dinkelaker’s Response to Board Chair (May 18, 1996)
  43. Faculty Response to BOT in response to BOT support of Greene (May 21, 1996)
  44. E-BOT Minutes (May 29, 1996)
  45. Letter from Board Chair to Off-Campus Community (May 22, 1996)
  46. Memo from Gov. Task Force to BOT and President (June 1996)
  47. Faculty Proposal “Back on Track” given to BOT (June 1996)
  48. Three Formal Responses from faculty to BOT regarding President Greene’s Directives (June 1996)
  49. CEC Response to BOT regarding President Greene (June 1996)
  50. Off-Campus Rep. Trustee, Andrew Dinkelaker’s Resignation Letter (July 1996)
  51. Proposal from Goddard Community to Board Chair (July 1996)

    Transition, Provost Jane Sanders (1996-1997) –
    These documents are presented in chronological order and are a combination of proposals, papers, and workshops about alternatives to a traditional management structure, and reports on the Goddard presidential search.

  52. Proposal to BOT about what to do next now that President Greene is Gone, Andrew Dinkelaker (Sept. 1996)
  53. Goddard Ad for the position of president (March 1997)
  54. Memo on Presidential Search (April, 1997)

    Mossberg Administration (1997-2001) –
    These documents are presented in chronological order and are a combination of BOT minutes, documents presented to the BOT and/or President, documents issued from the BOT and/or Board Chair, and documents from Constituent Trustee Members.

  55. BOT Minutes (Sept. 1997)
  56. Letter from Faculty to Mossberg about Democracy (Dec. 1997)
  57. NEASC Report (Dec. 1997)
  58. BOT Minutes (Mar. 1998)
  59. Faculty Rep. Trustee, Ken Bergstrom’s Report to BOT (Oct. 1998)
  60. BOT Minutes (Oct. 1998)
  61. Faculty Curriculum Vision Statement to BOT (Jan. 1999)
  62. Faculty Rep. Trustee, Ken Bergstrom’s Report to BOT (Feb. 1999)
  63. Description of Goddard Assessment Committee to BOT (Feb. 1999)
  64. Presidential Evaluation Committee Statement to BOT (Feb. 1999)
  65. President Mossberg’s Report to BOT (Feb. 1999)
  66. BOT Minutes (Feb. 1999)
  67. Faculty Letter to BOT regarding Governance (Mar. 1999)
  68. Assessment Packet of President for Goddard Community (April 1999)
  69. Faculty Member Steven Shapiro’s Comments on Presidential Assessment (May 1999)
  70. President Mossberg’s Self Evaluation (Summer 1999)
  71. Faculty Rep. Trustee, Ken Bergstrom’s Report to BOT (July 1999)
  72. Faculty Rep. Trustee, Ken Bergstrom’s Resignation Letter (Aug. 1999)
  73. President Mossberg’s Reply to Ken’s Resignation (Sept. 1999)
  74. President Mossberg’s Report to BOT (Fall 1999)