Committee Structure

Committees represent an important feature of the regular internal governance system of San Joaquin Delta Community College. Committees provide a forum for diverse ideas to be heard. and an opportunity for staff members to come together to study common problems in a more in depth manner than they could do individually. Many committees provide an opportunity for individuals from outside the San Joaquin Delta Community College community to advise college officials on how our programs can best serve the larger community.

All San Joaquin Delta Community College committees are advisory committees. While all committees are ultimately advisory to the Superintendent/President (and through the Superintendent/President to the Board of Trustees), some committees will be directly advisory to the Superintendent/President while other committees will be advisory to other designated administrators who will, in turn, advise the Superintendent/President. Some committees are advisory to other committees.

There are three general types of committees, which perform advisory functions at San Joaquin Delta Community College: standing committees, ad hoc committees, and program advisory committees.

Standing Committees are permanent parts of the internal governance process of San Joaquin Delta Community College, and are identified as such in board policy.

• Ad Hoc Committees are temporary committees formed by the Superintendent/President to address a specific issue important to College governance. Ad hoc committees cease to exist upon accomplishment of their specific charge. All ad hoc committees expire at the end of the fiscal year (June 30), and continue only if specifically reappointed by the Superintendent/President.
• Adjudication Appeals Panels share many of the characteristics of shared governance committees, serving as special purpose bodies formed to hear complaints, evidence, and recommend judgment regarding issues that may be in dispute.

• Program Advisory Committees are permanent committees formed primarily of persons outside of the College with a specific interest and/or expertise in a specific program area. These committees are formed for the purpose of advising College officials concerning how specific programs meet the needs of the community they are aimed to serve.