Appendix I: WASC Candidacy Documentation List
INSTITUTIONAL INTEGRITY |
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| Commitment to academic freedom | Academic Personnel Manual 010 | Standard 1.4-1 |
| Due process protection in search of truth | Faculty/students | Standard 1.4-2 |
| Due process/grievance for faculty, staff and students | Faculty: | |
| See also Protection of Whistle Blower APM 190 | Standard 1.4-2 | |
| Staff appointees: | ||
| See also Whistleblowers Protection Policy for Staff | Standard 1.4-5, 1.4-6, 1.4-7 | |
| Students: | ||
| Part VII, Student Handbook | Standard 1.4-4 | |
| Policies/requirements/ expectations for employees | Academic appointees: Academic Personnel Manual | |
| See also Faculty Code of Conduct APM 015 | ||
| See also Faculty Conduct and Discipline APM 016 | ||
| Staff Appointees: | ||
| UCOP At Your Service | ||
| UC HR Policies | ||
| Staff Personnel Policies | ||
| Non-discrimination policies | Non-Discrimination and Diversity Policies | Standards 1.5-1, 1.5-2 |
| See also Non-Discrimination in Employment | ||
| Conflict of interest policies, relations with business, industry, et al. | UC conflict of interest policies: Business/Finance Bulletin G-39 | |
| UC Guidelines of University Industry-Relations | ||
| See also University of California Policies and Guidelines Pertaining to Research | ||
| Regents conflict of interest policy | ||
| (see policy and the 2 attachments - all one document) | ||
| Agree to abide by WASC policies | Commitment to Accreditation | Standard 1.9 |
RESEARCH |
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| Human subjects, use of animals reviewed through cooperative agreement with Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) | ||
| Human subjects | LLNL Human Subject Policy | Standard 1.7-5 |
| Use of animals | LLNL Vertebrate Animals Care and Use website | |
| Patent Policy | UC Patent Policy and Patent Acknowledgment | |
| Revenue Sharing for Patent Income | ||
| Classified Research | Exception for Classified Research | |
| Cooperative research with industry | Guidelines on University-Industry Relations | |
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS |
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| Accurate printed information | 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog | Standard 1.7-1 |
| Publication showing status of faculty | 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog, pp. 117-120 | |
| Transfer student policies | 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog | Standard 2.14-1 |
| On-line guidance for transfer student preparation | Standard 2.14-2 | |
| Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum | Standard 2.14-3 | |
| Undergraduate Council New Program Review Guidelines | Standard 4.4-1 | |
| Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs Handbook | Standard 4.4-2 | |
| Policies, procedures for addition, deletion of programs | Systemwide process for discontinuance of a graduate degree program | |
| UCM Senate policies on program discontinuation Interim Policy | ||
| Readmission of disqualified student | 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog, p. 42 | |
| Clearly stated degree requirements | 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog | Standards 2.2-1, 2.2-2, 2.2-3, 2.2-4 |
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FACULTY |
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| Personnel policies for teaching assistants (TA's) | Academic Personnel Manual 410 | |
| See also Collective Bargaining Agreement | ||
| Policies to integrate part-time faculty | Part-time faculty receive all university e-mail announcements, invitations to participate in campus training such as that for sexual harassment, et al. | |
| Faculty personnel policies/procedures | Academic Personnel Manual | Standard 2.8-1 |
| Faculty salaries and benefits | Academic salary scales | |
| Faculty benefits | ||
| UC Academic Personnel Manual - Benefits and Privileges | ||
| UC Faculty Handbook - Faculty Benefits | ||
| Policies on privacy/access to information | Faculty/Academic Appointees: Academic Personnel Manual 160 | |
| UC Personnel Policy for Staff - Privacy and Access to Information/Staff Personnel Records | ||
| Collective Bargaining | Units for Academic Instruction Units for Lecturers, Teaching Assistants and Librarians | |
LIBRARY |
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| Collection development/ weeding/bases to accept gifts | Library Report | Standard 2.3-9 |
STUDENTS |
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| Admission, retention | Undergraduate: | Standard 2.3-1 |
| Graduate: | Standard 3.3-2 | |
| Admission for international students | Undergraduate: | 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog, p. 31 |
| Graduate | 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog, p. 81 | |
| Student rights, responsibilities | Interim Student Handbook | Standard 1.7-2 |
| Student due process, grievances | Student Handbook Part VII | Standard 1.4-4 |
| Published policies/procedures for inappropriate conduct | Student Handbook | |
| Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Alcohol and Drug Policy, Student Housing Policies | Standard 1.7-2 | |
| Fee refund policy | 2005-06 UC Merced Catalog | Standard 1.7-4 |
FINANCES |
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Budget development |
Financial Management - UCOP Policy | |
| PDF document available | ||
| See UC Business Policies | ||
| Cash management | Update on Review of Systemwide Cashiering Controls | |
| Code of ethics on buying, bidding, and purchase orders | Bidding: See UC Facilities Manual | |
| Soliciting Bids - Facilities | ||
| Competitive Bidding | ||
| Buying | ||
| Contracts and Grants Manual - Buying | ||
| UC Purchasing Policies - General | ||
| Purchase Orders | ||
| Accounting Manual - Disbursements and Purchase Orders | ||
| Audit Procedures - Internal Controls | ||
| Risk management and liability | UC Enterprise Risk Management | |
| UC Risk Policies and Programs | ||
| Fundraising | Fundraising Inventory of Policies and Delegations | |
| Regents Policy on Fund Raising Campaigns - Delegations (1994) | ||
| 1993 Regents Policy on Fundraising Campaigns | ||
| Administrative Guidelines for Support Groups | ||
