Hello Richard, At least for public universities, a policy organization system is often built to comply with state regulations as well as university-grown policy programs. In Washington State the University of Washington is required to maintain various policies as Washington Administrative Code (WAC) rules. These have a statute-mandated path to completion. While other topics are exempt from this rule-making structure and these have other locally-grown policy structures and paths to completion that are specific to the institution or university system.
Consequently, I'm not sure standardization is possible, although there may be some universities or collages that could follow a standard model. I'd guess is that one would need to look at systems based on whether they were public or private and then consider the standard divisions based on the types of degrees offered (which often indicate the size and scope of the policies): Baccalaureate, Master's, Doctoral, 2-year, Research, etc. In the end the policy system must meet the demands of the individual institution and/or university system and these may be unique. Kind regards, Rebecca Rebecca Goodwin Deardorff Director of Rules Coordination Office of the President Box 351210 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-9219 www.washington.edu/rules [http://www.washington.edu/marketing/e-communications/wsignature.gif] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 9:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [acupa-l] Policy Organization System Standard Hello, policy wonks. Has the possibility of adopting a policy organization system standard ever been discussed? If so, what was the outcome? For example, Joshua's Cornell policies are organized into eight categories, or volumes<http://www.dfa.cornell.edu/treasurer/policyoffice/policies/volumes/index.cfm>. Michelle's UM policies are organized into either Governance or six categories of Administrative<http://policy.umn.edu/Policies/index.htm>. My institution is looking at creating/adopting a policy organization system, and would be interested to know if there is a policy organization system standard, similar to how libraries adopted one of two organization system standards<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Dewey_and_Library_of_Congress_subject_classification> for library books. I normally ask replies on the listserv be sent to me only so as to not clog everyone's inbox, but this one might be good for public discussion. Thanks for your considerations in this matter. Best regards, Rich Richard East Hampton University The information contained in this message is intended only for the recipient, and may otherwise be privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please be aware that any dissemination or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. This footnote also confirms that this email has been scanned for all viruses by the Hampton University Center for Information Technology Enterprise Systems service. 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
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