Alyssa, It might be easier to look at our website to understand our policy structure. We have both institutional and non-institutional policies on our site but the policies are segregated. Within the institutional or IHOP policies there are eleven categories and three of the categories are for Faculty, Academic and Student policies. All of our institutional policies go through the same review/approval process. Prior to coming to the institutional committee the policies may need vetting by respective groups relevant to policy content. For example, in the clinical section, there are policies that require review by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee before coming to the clinical subcommittee and then progressing to the institutional committee; or, a student policy would be reviewed by the Student Affairs Deans Council, then the Council of Deans before progressing to the institutional committee. Likewise, faculty policies would be vetted by the Faculty Senate and the Council of Deans before coming to the institutional committee. Within the non-institutional or non-IHOP section there are several departments or groups who may or may not also have policies at the institutional level. Any policy for example within Nursing Services that is germane only to nursing would be in the non-ihop section, however, if the policy were interdisciplinary, crossed environments of care or was in response to a regulatory requirement, the policy would be included within the institutional site indicating the author as nursing services but reside in our clinical section.
Here is our website http://www.utmb.edu/policies_and_procedures/ Hopefully this will make more sense when you actually see the policy setup. Please call me if I can be of more help. (409) 747-1247. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Schiffman, Alyssa Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [acupa-l] Listing academic policies on university policy websites Hello all, I'm looking for best practice, either for or against, hosting academic policies on a University policy website. At our institution, we differentiate academic policies as those owned by Faculty Council and mostly related to the University Handbook; from operational policies about employee standards, paying the bills, etc. Right now they are both housed on the University policy website, but I find it difficult to stay abreast of the changes Faculty Council makes to them as operational policies go through a different process and use a template. Does anyone else house them together, or do you keep them separate? -Alyssa Schiffman DePaul University ATTN: Please be aware that when you respond to an ACUPA-L e-mail, the reply will be distributed to the ENTIRE e-listing of members. If you do NOT want to send an e-mail to everyone, please reply directly to the individual who initiated the query (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of their original e-mail). If you wish to remove yourself from the ACUPA e-mail list, please go to this web address and fill out the form. We will remove you from the list within 24 hours during normal business hours. http://www.acupa.org/MembershipForm_Discontinue.html
