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 |
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 |