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     Introduction:

The following are selected, recently discussed policies, guidelines, etc. They do not constitute a complete list of Academic Division and University policies. See the YSU Guidebook (frequently called the "red book") , online YSU Guidebook Policy Updates, the respective bargaining unit agreements, the Student Code*, the Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletins, and the Academic Senate web site for additional policies and guidelines.

 

    Academic Planning and Program Review 2006-07:

Featured Link: Academic Strategic Plan 2007-2013--Final Version (June 20, 2007) in Word and PDF formats: Word Version, PDF Version

Initial Instructions to Departments and Colleges Summer 06:

    Please download and read all four documents below before     beginning your review. The first document is a cover letter
    from Provost. Herbert. The next two documents are
    companion documents that place program review and
    departmental planning in the context of academic strategic
    planning at the department, college, and divisional levels.
    Departments will submit two items: a departmental
    program review and a department plan. Colleges will
    submit a college plan. Deadlines for submitting
    the program reviews and department and college plans
    are listed in Document 3:

  • Document 1: Cover Letter from Provost Herbert (Aug. 25, 2006): pdf*
  • Document 2: Academic Program Review Guidelines (Aug. 23, 2006): Word; pdf*
  • Document 3: Academic Strategic Planning Context and Process (Aug. 23, 2006): Word; pdf*
  • Document 4: Academic Program Review/Planning Checklist (legal-size page): (Aug. 23, 2006): Excel; pdf*

Academic Strategic Plan 2007-2013--Final Version (June 20, 2007) in Word and PDF formats: Word Version, PDF Version

 
     Academic Advising Web Site
 
    Banner Advisors' Override Policy: pdf*
 
    Chair Evaluation of Faculty Process: pdf*
 
    Class Cancellation Policy: pdf*
 
    Hiring:
  • Search Waiver for Strategic Hires: A new Board policy approved June 23, 2006: pdf*.
 
    Miscellaneous:
  • ETS: MOU with the YSU-OEA extending deadlines for notifications and recommendations related to ETS (December 2005): pdf*
  • Federal or State Set-aside Funding Development and Requests (Internal Academic Affairs Policy, November 2005): Word; pdf*
 
   New-Faculty Start-Up Funds:
 
    OEA Deadlines:
 
    Overload for Faculty:
  • Overload Guidelines: pdf*
 

    Scheduling of Classes:

  • Semester Scheduling Guidelines (Except Summer), Passed by the Academic Senate February 10, 1999, and updated October 2005: Word; pdf*
  • Summer Scheduling Guidelines (Effective Beginning with Summer 2007 Classes): pdf*
 

    Summer:

  • Summer 2009 Teaching Compensation Information and Form: Word

 

    Supplemental Pay for Those on Grants and Sponsored     Programs: pdf* draft 11-08; check for final version     approved 12-08

 
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(See below for forms and other information. Other forms are on the Human Resources web site at http://www.cc.ysu.edu/hr/human_resources_forms.htm.)
     
Abbreviations and Acronyms: Things
You Wished You Knew		  
     

Articulation-Transfer Decision Form
    and General-Education Designations

 
     

FY11 Lab & Materials Fee-Change Request Form, Academic Affairs FY 2011

  
     

Summer 2009 Teaching Compensation Information and Form

 
     
Assessment Forms:    
  • Department/Academic-Program Assessment Form/Instructions
    (Due October 30, 2009)
 
  • Non-College or Non-Academic Unit Assessment Form (Due July 30, 2010)
pdf*
  
  • Rubric Assessment Council Will
    Use to Evaluate Assessment Reports
 
 

Curriculum/Advisement Sheet
Guidelines

 
 
Degree-Candidacy Residency Waiver Request Form
 
 

Distinguished Professor Award Nomination Instructions and Forms 2008-09:

  
Full Packet
 
 
 

ERIP Position Evaluation Form

 
     

Flexibly Scheduled Course/Workshop Form

 
 

Downloadable Narrative-Response Sheet for Responses to the Narrative Portion of the Higher Learning Commission Campus Climate Survey

 
     

New-Faculty Start-Up Funds Policies and Procedures

pdf*

  
     

(Statewide) Placement Policy Guidelines, 12-07; YSU Math Cut-off Scores, 2-08; YSU Reading Cut-off Scores, 2008

pdf*
pdf*
pdf*
 
     
Student Threat Assessment Team Faculty and Staff Help Guide (information on how to handle disruptive/distressed students and whom to contact; link to pdf version of guide available on left side of screen)    
     

Summer 2009 Teaching Compensation Information and Form

 
     
TAG Course/OAN Submission Form for Submitting TAG Course Proposals to the Ohio Board of Regents  
     
TAG Course/OAN Withdrawal Form for Withdrawing TAG Courses Submitted to the Ohio Board of Regents  
     

Transfer-Articulation Decision Form
    and General-Education Designations

 
     
 
 
 

New 2008-09: Veteran Reporting:
 
  • Instructions
    Absence/Grade Form
    Veteran Grade-Change Form
  

 

Meeting minutes are on a separate page of the web site.
See http://www.ysu.edu/provost/communications/
communications.shtml.
*Requires Adobe Reader. If you have the full version of Acrobat, you can type directly in the forms, save them, and print them. With Adobe Reader, you can complete the forms online and print them, but you can't save the completed forms. If possible, please print forms on the color of paper noted at the bottom of each form.
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