Governance 

A board of trustees, three quarters of whom are appointed by the Mennonite Education Agency, administers Eastern Mennonite University. The bylaws of Eastern Mennonite University and the bylaws of the Mennonite Education Agency are available from the president's office.

Philosophy of Decision Making 

Universities, in order to be effective, must design decision-making processes that allow them to set direction for carrying out their many functions. Decision making is a process for coming to a conclusion from among all the options that could be chosen. For stakeholders in a university the important issues in this process are who makes the decisions and what are the procedures by which the process is implemented.

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Because of these values EMU intends that its decision-making processes will exhibit the following characteristics:

Participation and Communication

• Broad participation
• Open communication
• Respectful listening and responding
• Response to feedback so that persons know if they were heard accurately

Process

• Starting and ending meetings on time and promptness in attendance
• Clarity of purpose, timelines and procedures
• Accountability to established policy
• Careful study of relevant issues before decisions are made
• Adequate time to process decisions
• Working toward consensus and using voting when helpful in choosing among different options
• Communication of the rationale for decisions with acknowledgement of dissenting opinions