Shared Governance
Temple’s budget model is guided by a shared governance that brings together academic and administrative leadership to ensure that financial decisions support the university’s long-term mission, priorities, and sustainability. Reshaping the university’s financial framework requires discipline, collaboration, and creativity. It also requires a governance structure that promotes transparency, accountability, and thoughtful decision-making across all areas of the institution.
Through shared governance, university leaders work together to evaluate how resources are used, identify opportunities for improvement, and ensure that investments align with Temple’s academic mission and strategic priorities. Below is a sampling of how Temple regularly engages faculty and administration to drive meaningful outcomes through collaboration:
Administrative Council
Administrative Council represents 8 campuses, 17 schools and colleges, and the various departments that support the university enterprise. We meet periodically for timely updates on policy, procedures, systems, and information related to fiscal roles and responsibilities.
All faculty and staff have access to the Budget and Finance resources in TUportal, designed to support your key business roles (look under “My Offices”). Here you will find the resources and tools you need to help you efficiently plan travel, navigate the budget process, and manage procurement through payment procedures from start to finish. Based on your feedback, we continue to develop the expense reduction guides, training resources and one stop solutions to better organize these role-centric tools.
Budget and Planning Council
The Budget and Planning Council meets quarterly to review planning priorities and align budget decisions with the university’s mission, enrollment strategy, and long-term institutional goals. Comprised of the senior business officer for every school/college and central administrative unit.
Cost and Services Committee
The Cost and Services Committee, comprised of deans and financial officers, evaluates the effectiveness and cost of central services and support units. The committee reviews internal charges, defines service expectations, establishes performance metrics, and helps ensure that operational costs align with institutional priorities. This group plays an important role in Temple's partnership with HelioCampus and the use of Labor Cost Analytics benchmarking tools as well as the Administrative Quality Satisfaction Survey (AQSS).
Faculty Senate Budget Review Committee
Faculty appointed by the Faculty Senate Steering Committee to serve as representatives of the schools and colleges, to review the University academic and non-academic budgets, and to liaise with the University administration on budget and financial matters.