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Table of Contents

Top Level:

Chapter I: Administration and Governance
Contents:

[ I.1 The L&S Mission ]
[ I.2 L&S Academic Planning Council ]
[ I.3 L&S Curriculum Committee ]
[ I.4 L&S Faculty Senate ]
[ I.5 L&S Administrative Structure ]
[ I.6 Academic Associate Deans ]
[ I.10 Projected Dates & Deadlines ]
[ I.11 Committees ]
[ I.12 Preferential Balloting ]
[ I.13 Quorum and Parliamentary Procedure ]
[ I.14 Resources for Dept. Chairs ]
[ I.15 Open Meetings ]
[ I.16 Public Records ]
[ I.17 Honorary Degrees ]
[ I.18 University & College Policy Documents ]
[ I.20 Employee Political Activities ]
[ I.21 Statement on Restructuring, Creation, or Discontinuance ]

Chapter II: Funding, Budget and Operations
Contents:

This chapter was recently reorganized; go here to view a table showing the "old" and "new" structure.

Chapter III: Personnel
Contents:

[ III.1 Recruitment ]
[ III.2 Retention ]
[ III.3 Affirmative Action ]
[ III.4.1 Faculty Appointments ]
- Memo: List of Items to Include with Request to Hire
[ III.4.2 Faculty Pay Equity Implementation Guidelines ]
[ III.5.1 Academic Staff ]
- Recommending Indefinite Appointments for Academic Staff
- Policy on Lecturers
[ III.5.2 Short Term Instructional Academic Staff]
- Short Term Staffing Request form, MSWord or WordPerfect
- Policy on Lecturers
- Policy for Evaluation of Short-Term Instructional Academic Staff
[ III.6. Zero Dollar & Honorary Appointments ]
[ III.7 Retirement/Resignation ]
[ III.8 Classified Staff: Civil Service & LTEs ]
- Reclassification Requests
- L&S Broadbanded Position Policy
[ III.9 Student Employment: Hourly & Grad Ass't ]
[ III.10 Teaching Assistantships ]
- Policy on Selection, Training and Evaluation
[ III.11 Policy on Volunteers ]
[ III.12 Guidelines Regarding Peer Instruction by Graduate Students ]
[ III.13 Criminal Background Checks ]
[ Appendix: Links to Relevant Personnel Forms ]
Access to the Following Draft Documents is Restricted to Department Chairs and Administrative Staff:

Chapter IV: Other Personnel Policies
Contents:

[ IV.1 Orientation of New Staff ]
[ IV.2 Employee Benefits: Overview ]
[ IV.3 When a Staff Member Retires ]
[ IV.4 Joint Governance Appointments ]
[ IV.5 Awards and Honors for Faculty and Staff ]
[ IV.6 Faculty and Staff Liability ]
[ IV.7 Review of Tenured Faculty ]
[ IV.8 Reporting Outside Interests & Activities ]
[ IV.9 Overloads and Summer Appointments ]
[ IV.10 Sexual Harassment Policies & Procedures ]
[ IV.11 Nepotism, Conflict of Interest ]
[ IV.12 Vacation Policy ]
[ IV.13 Sick Leave Policy ]
[ IV.14 Leave of Absence, Temporary Assignment ]
[ IV.15 Extensions of the Tenure Clock ]
[ IV.16 Absences from Madison ]
- Faculty and Academic Staff Request to be Absent Form (also available in MS Word and in WordPerfect)
[ IV.17 Disability Accommodation ]
[ IV.18 Personnel Records: Content & Preservation ]
[ IV.19 Tuition Reimbursement ]
[ IV.20 Faculty Personnel Committee ]
[ IV.21 UW-Madison Domestic Partnership Policy ]
[ IV.22 Inclement Weather Guidelines ]
[ IV.23 Telecommuting Policy ]

Chapter V: Curriculum and Related Policies
Contents:

[ V.1 Registration, Schedule of Classes & Enrollment Management ]
[ V.2 Class Size & Course Enrollment Restrictions ]
[ V.3 Instructional Workloads and Class Meeting Times ]
- Instructional Workload Policy
[ V.4. Program Review ]
- Program Review Guidelines
- Policy on Review of Certificate Programs
- Tips for Academic Program Review in L&S
- Questions Frequently Asked About Program Review
- 2001-2002 Academic Program Review Guidelines (for reviews convened prior to September, 2002)
[ V.5 Curricular Changes ]
[ V.6 Assessment of Student Learning ]
[ V.7 General Education Requirements ]
[ V.8 Writing Across the Curriculum ]
[ V.9 The L&S Honors Program ]
[ V.10 Service Learning and Community Based Research ]
[ V.11 Instructional Materials ]
[ V.12 Special Course and Non-Standard Fees ]
[ V.13 Use of Readers ]
[ V.14 Faculty & Student Evaluations ]
[ V.15 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Compliance ]
[ V.16 Students Called to Military Service ]
[ V.17 Holding Classes Off Campus ]
[ V.18 Directed Study Issues ]
[ V.19 Online Lecture Notes Services ]

Chapter VI: Student Academic Affairs
Contents:

[ VI.1 L&S Student Academic Affairs ]
[ VI.2 L&S SAA Staff ]
[ VI.3 Academic Advancement Program ]
[ VI.4 L&S Undergraduate Academic Services ]
[ VI.5 Bradley Learning Community ]
[ VI.6 Cross-College Advising Service ]
[ VI.7 Letters and Science Career Services ]
[ VI.8 S.O.A.R. ]
[ VI.9 Student Records ]
[ VI.10 Degree Audit Reporting System ]
[ VI.11 Academic Misconduct ]
[ VI.12 Accommodation of Religious Belief ]
[ VI.13 Policy & Guidelines on Nondiscrimination ]
[ VI.14 Summary Blocks/Final Exams ]
[ VI.15 Multi-Section Courses ]
[ VI.16 Chadbourne Residential College ]
VI.17 - Deleted section
[ VI.18 First-Year Interest Groups ]
[ VI.19 Pathways to Excellence Programs and Services ]
[ VI.20 African American Student Academic Services ]
[ VI.21 American Indian Student Academic Services ]
[ VI.22 Chicano/a Student Academic Services ]
[ VI.23 Southeast Asian American Student Academic Services]
[ VI.24 Summer Collegiate Experience ]
[ VI.25 Undergraduate Research Scholars ]
[ VI.26 Grading Policies ]
[ VI.27 The Grading System ]
[ VI.28 Grade Change Procedure ]
[ VI.29 Student Appeals of Grading ]
[ VI.30 Grade Disputes ]
[ VI.31 Distinction: in the Major, in the Thesis ]
[ VI.32 Scholarships ]
[ VI.33 Major Declaration Form ]

Chapter VII: College Relations
Contents:

Chapter VIII: Other College and Campus Resources and Services
Contents:

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