Policies, Reports, Memos and Announcements

Here you'll find links to many of the important reports, memos and policies administered by staff in the office of the Provost. Additional information and links to other campus policies and legislation can be found on the websites of the Secretary of the Faculty, the Secretary of the Academic Staff, the Office of Human Resources, and the Vice Chancellor for Administration.

Memos and announcements

Named Chair/Professorship (PDF, 2012-13)

Resources for Recruiting Staff and Faculty (October 2012)

2013-14 UW Faculty Grants (Development, Research Service, Sabbatical Leave) (PDF, June 2012)

Licensure, Accreditation, and Consumer Protection Complaints Process (PDF, July 2011)

Distance Learning Complaints Process (PDF, July 2011)

State budget process memo (February 2011)

2012–13 UW–Madison/UW–Milwaukee Intercampus Grants Program Call for Proposals (Deadline: 29 March, 2012): Intercampus Grants Cover Sheet (Word)

Revised Guidelines for Establishing, Evaluating, and Changing Centers (February 2011)

Compression-Equity Fund Initiative (2011) memo and APO Form (November 2010)

Post-Tenure Review Implementation (2011) memo and APO form (November 2010)

Tenure Conversation Cover Memo and Summary and Tenure Conversation Report (November 2010)

CAC Suggested Principles for Next Phase of the Cluster Hiring Initiative (May 2010)

Consumer Information for Prospective and Current UW–Madison Students (Higher Education Opportunity Act [HEAO] Disclosures)

Increased Job Security for Academic Staff and Sample Memo (January 2010)

Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment Call for Pre-proposals (December 15, 2009)

Influenza and Final Exams (December 2009)

Announcement and Procedures for the John E. Sawyer Seminars on the Comparative Study of Cultures sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (November 2009)

Invitation to Town Hall Meetings on Research and Graduate Education (September 2009)

Academic Planning for Influenza Pandemic - Creating a Continuity of Instruction Plan (June 2009)

Unit Pandemic Influenza Planning (Word) (June 2009)

Review of Obsolete Courses (April 2, 2009)

Subventions for Humanities Books and Arts Exhibits/Performances (Feb. 3, 2009)

Resources for Recruiting Faculty, Staff and Students

Nominations for Hilldale Professorship for 2008–09 (November 8, 2007)

Request to Deans for Information on Faculty Searches and Outside Offers, 2006–07 (April 17, 2007)

Important Guidelines for Record Destruction (March 16, 2007)

Vilas Life Cycle Professorships Call

Faculty Strategic Hiring Initiative Memo, Contacts

Faculty Development Grants

Policies

Chair/Professorship Funding Guidelines (PDF, April 2012) 

Mandatory Sexual Assault Reporting, Sexual Harassment/Consensual Relationship, Title IX Compliance Information and Wisconsin Executive Order #54 (February 2013)

2010–11 Faculty Salary Equity Reviews (January 25, 2011)

Compression-Equity Fund Initiative: Implementation (updated March 31, 2010)

Post-Tenure Review Increments: Implementation (February 2010)

Policies regarding extension of the probationary period (Stopping the Tenure Clock) (January 2010)

Cluster Hiring Initiative Faculty Policies

Domestic Partnership Policy

Faculty Exit Interviews Procedures Revised (February 9, 2009)

Faculty hiring, mentoring and tenure policies and contacts

Guidance on Political Campaign Activities (Sept. 2, 2008)

Requirements for Departmental Mentoring and Evaluation of Assistant Professors

Final Exams and Summary Block (Dec. 11, 2008)

Guidelines for holding classes and related educational activities off campus (Feb. 25, 2005)

Information Technology Policies

Military Service Policy (Dec. 4, 2001)

Non-Resident Tuition-Remission for Domestic Partners and Their Dependents

Salary on Endowed Chairs (Sept. 7, 2004)

Tuition Remission/Supplementation for Graduate Fellows and Trainees (June 2009)

When Classwork and Religious Observances Conflict (January 8, 2007)

Reports

MIU Advising Working Group Recommendations (April 2011)

Tenure Conversation Cover Memo and Summary and Tenure Conversation Report (November 2010)

Report of the Cluster/Interdisciplinary Advisory Committee to Evaluate the Cluster Hiring Initiative (July 2008)

UW–Madison Texbook Cost Report for the Board of Regents (November 2007)

Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Task Force Report (June 22, 2006)

Information Technology External Review Committee Report and Campus Responses (June 2006)

Committee on Tenure in Professional Practice - Final Report and Recommendations (PDF, October 2005)

Report on Outside Offers and New Faculty Searches (January 2007)

Committee on Involvement of Non-Tenure Track Clinical Staff in Shared Governance - Final Report and Recommendations (PDF, July 2005)

Health Professions Programs Task Force - Final Report and Recommendations (PDF June 2005)

Course Access for Incoming Transfer Students (March 15, 2005)

Report of the Health Sciences Division Task Force on the Health Sciences Division Proposal (April 28, 2003)

Plan 2008 Campus Diversity Plan

Report of the Provost's Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to Evaluate the Cluster Hiring Initiative (Nov. 11, 2003)