Handbook for Faculty and Other Unclassified Staff

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DOCUMENT TYPE:

Policy

PURPOSE:

To provide information about the structure and policies that govern the faculty and staff of the University on the main campus in Lawrence, Kansas and off-campus units reporting to the main campus. 

APPLIES TO:

Faculty and staff of the University on the main campus in Lawrence, Kansas and off-campus units reporting to the main campus. 

CAMPUS:

Edwards, Lawrence, Juniper Gardens, Parsons, Yoder, Topeka

POLICY STATEMENT:

See attachment. 

CONTACT:

Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
University of Kansas
Strong Hall, 1450 Jayhawk Boulevard, Room 250
Lawrence, KS 66045

APPROVED BY:

Chancellor

APPROVED ON:

2010-03-01 

EFFECTIVE ON:

2010-03-01 

REVIEW CYCLE:

Annual (As Needed)

CHANGE HISTORY:

04/01/2025: Migration to TeamDynamix from Drupal.
12/15/2022: Fixed broken link.
11/04/2021: Updated contact section.
04/27/2021: Uploaded new version of PDF with new section III.D.4: Disability, Confidentiality and Nondiscrimination.
01/17/2017: Technical updates to Governance links in PDF.
04/06/2015: Uploaded new version of PDF with updated links to Board of Regents Policy Manual.
01/07/2015: Updated PDF to fix broken links to Board of Regents Policy Manual, Human Resource Management pages and resources, and sections of USRR, FSRR, and University Senate Code. Uploaded new version of PDF.
07/30/2014:-Technical edits; added keywords.
03/31/2014: Updated all references to Human Resources office title (removed references to /EO) and replaced University Communications with Public Affairs to reflect organizational changes. In I.B., Central Administration, replaced reference to Director of University Relations with "Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs." Linked to the UPS Probationary Period Policy.
10/02/2013: Updated policy and resource links.
11/11/2011: Section II. D updated.
07/01/2010: Section II. B updated.
08/12/2010: Section II. E updated.
03/31/2010: Revisions approved by Chancellor Gray-Little.

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