Defines the scope and process for Academic Program Review at the University of Kansas.
To establish guidelines for individuals recruiting on behalf of the University of Kansas (KU).
To describe the conditions under which alcoholic liquor may be served and sold on campus.
To (1) identify situations that may generate conflicts; (2) provide means for faculty, staff, and the University to manage conflicts of time and interest; (3) promote best interests of students, research trainees, and postdoctoral researchers; and (4) describe the types of conflicts that are prohibited.
To assign responsibility for crime reporting and establish the appropriate reporting mechanisms to be used for notification of known or suspected criminal actions when such suspected actions occur on property owned or operated by the University or in conjunction with a University-sponsored event or activity.
The University of Kansas strongly supports the establishment of relationships with international institutions in service of the University’s academic, co-curricular, and research missions. This policy articulates the requirements for developing an institutional-level Agreement of Cooperation (AOC).
To describe the appropriate protocol for receipt, handling, and disposal of free examination copies of textbooks and other materials.
To provide guidelines for the procedures that support the University’s Faculty of Distinction Program Policy.
To prevent and detect fraud and theft, assign responsibility for implementing appropriate controls to prevent and detect fraud and theft, establish the appropriate reporting mechanisms to be used for notification of known or suspected fraud and theft, and establish the consequences for fraud and theft by employees.
To fulfill its fiscal responsibilities during times of budgetary constraints or reduction, the University may exercise its authority to implement furloughs or to reduce employees’ salary or hourly rates of pay, as necessary.
To describe the responsibility for reporting individual significant financial interests and the institutional responsibility for evaluating disclosed interests and managing potential individual financial conflicts of interest.
The purpose of the Intellectual Property Policy is to foster the creation and dissemination of knowledge and to provide certainty in individual and institutional rights associated with ownership and with the distribution of benefits that may be derived from the creation of Intellectual Property.
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to the University community regarding the proper procurement, use, and possession of mobile communication and information devices to ensure that the use of mobile technology for University business is correctly authorized and appropriate; and to ensure that the University is correctly reimbursed for occasional incidental or emergency personal use of University mobile technology.
This policy ensures that projects align with KU’s strategic plans and objectives, and that projects are compliant with University and State of Kansas standards and procedures by defining requirements for all work that modifies University buildings, landscapes, hardscapes, memorials, or property, including renovations, remodeling, construction, maintenance, and any minor modifications.
To describe the process, guidelines, procedures, and criteria for naming or renaming university facilities, academic units, and programs, and any related groundbreaking and/or dedication ceremonies.
To describe the parameters for the Kansas Board of Regents Phased Retirement Program for the University of Kansas, Lawrence and Medical Center campuses.
All prospective gifts of materials or objects for the campus landscape.
To provide information on maintaining, reporting, and seeking programmatic accreditation.
Summarize relevant laws and policies related to partisan political activity by University employees and students and the use of facilities and other resources for such activities.
To outline the terms and conditions of the probationary employment for University Support Staff (USS) and Unclassified Professional Staff (UPS). Probationary periods only apply to regular employees. Temporary employees are at will.
To define prohibited inducements of service members
To describe the process by which proposals are considered for the permanent installation or removal of art works in exterior and interior public campus spaces and for temporary installations that will be on display for two weeks or more.
To minimize the inherent risks associated with COVID-19 and assist in the successful maintenance of campus operations.
This policy sets forth the requirements to support the University’s obligation to comply with Kansas law House Bill 2105.
To describe the policy and procedures for review and reappointment of senior administrators who report directly to the Chancellor
To set forth the protections for an employee who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and/or human trafficking as defined by state law.
The University of Kansas, Lawrence campuses, and the University of Kansas Medical Center campuses have, in collaboration with their respective governance bodies, developed procedures for the implementation of the Board of Regents policy on social media. The purpose of this policy statement is to approve the procedures for application of the Board of Regents policy on social media at the University of Kansas and to set forth the conditions under which the procedures may be revise
To uphold our core institutional values.
To uphold our core institutional values.
This policy is intended to inform students of their rights and responsibilities pertaining to their university records, in compliance with federal notification requirements; to reflect the University's responsibility; to protect the privacy of student records; and to articulate definitions relating to student records, how they may be accessed and disclosed, the complaint procedure and other information relevant to the student record.
To articulate the requirements for filing of statements of substantial interest.
To establish the parameters of a surplus property policy that meets the several criteria set forth in Section II below
To establish the requirement that every University of Kansas course must have a syllabus on file with the University and to articulate the required and recommended information to be included within all syllabi.
Kansas statute requires that employees be paid all wages due them on regularly scheduled pay periods and in a timely manner. This policy outlines the requirements for making University of Kansas hires, rehires, or appointment changes effective in order to assure timely pay.
To discontinue the sale of all tobacco products by the University of Kansas and its affiliated corporations and by any other organization or person on the premises of the University of Kansas.
To describe operations and procedures related to the use of institutionally owned, leased, chartered, or donated aircraft for official business travel, hereafter referred to as General Aviation.
This document describes official University of Kansas policy governing the development of university-approved projects requiring private support and required procedures for clearing all funding sources prior to any approaches seeking private support.
To affirm the University of Kansas’ commitment to the highest standards of ethical, legal, and professional behavior.
The purpose of this policy statement is to adopt and implement Kansas law and Board of Regents policy on weapons possession and to direct the creation and implementation of campus specific procedures at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, campuses and the University of Kansas Medical Center campuses.
In accordance with the Higher Learning Commission, the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) policies, and federal regulation, this policy outlines the University's responsibility to address student complaints and grievances.