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Recent Examples of senatesIndiana and Utah have also passed laws limiting the powers of faculty senates, and the University of Kentucky did so on its own initiative, disbanding its university senate and thereby stripping faculty of decision-making power over academic matters.—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025