Policies and Procedures
Review the policies that guide our community—from academics and conduct to safety and privacy. These standards support fairness, accountability and student success.
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Institutional policies must go through the following review and approval process. The Board of Trustees may circumvent this process at any time.
Steps 3, 4, and 5 may be repeated as needed.
Institutional Policy. This type of policy provides direction for operations, administration, and programs. An institutional policy generally has the following characteristics:
Departmental Policy. This type of policy provides direction for employees or students within an office, department, school, or organization, or visitors or others within a small subset of the college.
Policy and Procedure Committee (PC). This committee is responsible for
The Board of Trustees is responsible for approving a policy and setting its effective date.
The president appoints PC members to the committee. The committee includes a chairperson and two representatives each from Faculty Senate, Administrative Alliance, and Staff Alliance.
The Policy and Procedure Committee is responsible for researching, drafting, distributing, and managing the policy process for new and revised institutional policies and procedures and the policy sections of the Academic Catalog, Student Handbook, Housing Terms and Conditions, and Athletic Handbook. The committee also recommends policies for decommissioning.
The Policy and Procedure Committee is made up of two members from each employee alliance. One member is at large and is appointed by the president and the other member is the acting chairperson for the alliance they represent. All changes to the policies or procedures go through a process that allows every employee the opportunity to give feedback. While the Policy and Procedure Committee writes the policy drafts, the college council decides when a draft will move forward or if changes need to be made.