Recently Updated Policies

Comprehensive Review:

• Consolidated all rules that apply to all campuses
• Clarified and cleaned up the language
• Removed standard time charts from the main policy document-Created separate, campus-specific appendices for each campus which include the standard time charts and campus
• specific scheduling rules-Updated contact information
• No changes to the substance of the policy

Comprehensive Review: Revisions made to policy to focus on human resources implications, reorganized the policy to group like content together and moved some definitions into the body of the policy, content about who can declare an emergency and under which conditions was moved to Campus Building Closure Policy, references to Evolving Situations was moved to Campus and Building Closure Policy, moved appendix for Pay Provisions During Campus and building Closures, Reduced Operations, and University State of Emergency from Campus and Building Closure Policy to the Human Resources Implications Policy, incorporated content from appendices Other Human Resources Issues during a University State of Emergency and University State of Emergency Position Description and Responsibilities into the main policy, incorporated references about remote work and stated that Non-Essential employees should work from home or another locations if there work can be done remotely rather than coming to campus.

Comprehensive Review.      

Clarified the inclusion of media; Provided specificity around the process for accommodation requests; Provided greater specificity around individual student, faculty and other Web resources exempted from the policy.

Comprehensive Review.

This is a rewrite of the current policy. The primary change is the addition of a policy requirement that digital content and information technology meet a technical standard that is newly required by law.  Other changes include inserting a guiding principles section, providing clarification on roles and responsibilities given the creation of the Office for Digital Accessibility, and language updates to align with current legal guidance. In April 2024, the Department of Justice issued a new rule to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which set a technical standard for digital content and information technology that the University must comply with.

Equal opportunity to the services, programs, and activities offered by the institution include the digital environment. We value disability as part of human diversity. Ensuring accessibility for digital content and information technology supports inclusion since we are implementing with a proactive accessibility-first approach. This allows disabled people to readily access the same information, engage in the same interactions, and conduct the same transactions as nondisabled people in the digital environment. In the rewriting process for this policy, we centered full participation of disabled people.

March 2026 - Comprehensive Review. Minor revisions. Clarification in 1.d. and 3.d. -- added language that the honors/distinction are based on graded credits to align with FAQ language. Aligning "chief academic officer" language in 3.b. Update to FAQ 1 to reflect GPA values that are consistent with policy language. Added three new FAQs to clarify: whether students need to apply for Latin honors if students can request an exception from their college for degrees with distinction if they don't meet the GPA requirement whether students can earn a degree with distinction for a certificate program.

Comprehensive review: Minor wording changes, and Campus Contact updates.

Comprehensive Review. Revisions include:

(1) New language that addresses qualifications of faculty and instructional staff teaching courses for credit. The language clarifies assumed practices for instructional appointee qualifications such as terminal degree requirements. The policy language provides new guidance with respect to determining, approving, and documenting equivalent experience for instructional appointments, who do not hold a terminal degree in the area of instruction. 
Pp: 2-4; 10-11

(2) Minor edits; clarifying language.

<p>Comprehensive Review. The primary change is to expand the number of purchase agreements that are exempt from OGC review by applying a risk matrix and allowing a unit to determine the agreement poses low risk. The prior version of the policy allowed for the following:</p>
<ol>
<li>use a standard contract,</li>
<li>use a form agreement approved by OGC,</li>
<li>use a form agreement that is exempt from OGC review, and</li>
<li>submit the agreement for OGC review. The main policy change is to expand the third option for low risk purchases. We have found that OGC reviews a large number of contracts for purchases that are low in cost and also low in risk.</li>
</ol>
<p>By allowing units to apply a risk matrix to these purchase agreements, it will expedite the lowest risk contracts. The revisions
also clarify the role of the person with delegated authority to determine the risk posed to the university.</p>