WSU Policies and Procedures: What's New

Initiating authoritity

• Faculty Senate

Summary Of Policy Or Policy Change:

Specific changes made were: Combining 4.31 / Faculty Evaluation policy and 4.34 / Dismissal for Cause policy.

Reason or Need for Policy Change:

To update and provide greater clarity on how these two policies work together.

Applicable Laws Or Regulatory Or Policy Authority:

KBOR Policy, II.D.4.a. N/A

K.S.A. § 75-201 N/A

Other Relevant WSU Policies:

• WSU Policy 4.31 Faculty Evaluation policy.

Reviewed By The Following University Stakeholders:

• Faculty Senate Faculty Affairs Committee
• Linnea GlenMaye, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs
• Stacia Boden, General Counsel
• Rebecca Reiling, Human Resources Business Partner

Initiating authoritity

• Faculty Senate

Summary Of Policy Or Policy Change:

Specific changes made were: Removed section for Chronic Low Performance.

Reason or Need for Policy Change:

Updating 4.34 / Dismissal for Cause to add in how chronic low performance connects with dismissal for cause. Identified that this resided better policy 4.34 vs maintaining it in this policy (4.31).

Applicable Laws Or Regulatory Or Policy Authority:

N/A

Other Relevant WSU Policies:

• WSU Policy 4.34 Low Performance and Dismissal for Cause.

Reviewed By The Following University Stakeholders:

• Faculty Senate Faculty Affairs Committee
• Linnea GlenMaye, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs
• Stacia Boden, General Counsel

Initiating authoritity

• Faculty Senate

Summary Of Policy Or Policy Change:

This policy is being revised to:

• Refer to existing tenure review exceptions as set forth in policy 4.18 and 4.19
• Recognize UniScope Scholarship Model may be used as framework to enhance the description of faculty activities
• Clarify no expectation for review for tenure prior to 6-year rank unless meet one of the exceptions in 4.18 and 4.19, or petition for review is approved by chair and dean

Reason or Need for Policy Change:

Faculty Senate approved policy changes on October 28, 2019.

Applicable Laws Or Regulatory Or Policy Authority:

Kansas Board of Regents “Tenure for Tenure-Track Faculty Appointments” and “Promotions in Academic Rank” policies

Other Relevant WSU Policies:

• WSU Policy 4.18 – Probationary Period
• WSU Policy 4.19 – Tenure Policy

Reviewed By The Following University Stakeholders:

• Faculty Senate
• Dr. Rick Muma, Executive VP / Provost and Professor
• Dr. Linnea Glenmaye, Associate VP and Associate Professor
• Stacia Boden, General Counsel

Initiating authoritity

• Faculty Senate

Summary Of Policy Or Policy Change:

Specific changes made were: Change to the title and adding in additional information to encompass workload and uniscope.

Reason or Need for Policy Change:

• Charge of the committee: Review faculty review/workload policies-develop a plan for the review prior to the end of 2019 for KBOR.
• The Committee did discuss and review current faculty workload policies. The committee’s annual report, recommendations and next steps can be found on the Senate Webpage.

Applicable Laws Or Regulatory Or Policy Authority:

N/A

Reviewed By The Following University Stakeholders:

• Faculty Senate Workload Taskforce, Committee members:
  • Neal Allen - LAS Social Sciences
  • Rajiv Bagai – Engineering
  • Susan Bray - Applied Studies
  • Cheyla Clawson - Fine Arts
  • Rachel Crane - University Libraries
  • John Hammond - LAS Natural Sciences
  • Paul Harrison – Business
  • Jeff Hayton - LAS Humanities
  • Linda Moody - Health Professions
  • Jeff Pulaski - Fine Arts
• Betty Smith-Campbell - Chair, Past Faculty Senate President
• Ex officio: Dennis Livesay - Dean, Engineering; Past Dean Graduate School; Rick Muma - Provost

Initiating authoritity

• Faculty Senate

Summary Of Policy Or Policy Change:

This policy is being revised to remove the procedures from the policy.

Specific changes made were: Corrected policy reference to reflect newly revised policy 4.34 / Low Performance and Dismissal for Cause.

Reason or Need for Policy Change:

Minor Revisions to make congruent with Policy 4.34

Applicable Laws Or Regulatory Or Policy Authority:

KBOR Policy, II.C.2.8.d.

Other Relevant WSU Policies:

• WSU Policy 4.34 Low Performance and Dismissal for Cause. Referenced in Policy 4.20.
• WSU Policy 4.31 Faculty Evaluation. Establishes evaluation policy and procedures

Reviewed By The Following University Stakeholders:

Linnea GlenMaye, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs

Initiating authoritity

• Finance and Administration (Information Security)

Summary Of Policy Or Policy Change:

This policy is being revised to update data destruction procedures.

Specific changes made were: Adding requirement for data destruction to be in accordance with NIST 800-88

Reason or Need for Policy Change:

This policy was revised to comply with the regulatory requirements of NIST 800-88

Applicable Laws Or Regulatory Or Policy Authority:

N/A

Other Relevant WSU Policies:

N/A

Reviewed By The Following University Stakeholders:

• Werner Golling, VP of Finance and Administration
• Rick Muma, Executive Vice President and Provost
• Misha Jacob-Warren, General Counsel
• Mark Rodee, Chief Information Security Officer
• Ken Harmon, Chief Information Officer
• Shawn Ehrstein, Director, NIAR IT
• David Wright, Chief Data Officer
• John Jones, Director, MRC

Requested By

• Dr. Jay Golden

Summary Of Policy Or Policy Change:

This is a new policy. This policy is in response to the Kansas Board of Regent’s request that the University obtain additional assurances that more contractors and developers are provided an opportunity to contract for the design, development or construction of projects on the Innovation Campus.

Reviewed By The Following University Stakeholders:

• Jay Golden, President
• John Tomblin, Senior Vice President
• Emily Martin, Director of Facilities
• Stacia Boden, General Counsel

Initiating Authority:

Human Resources

Summary of Policy of Policy Change:

This policy is being revised to update maximum accrual of compensatory time. Specifically, it changes the maximum accrual limit from 120 hours to 60 hours.

Reason Or Need For Policy:

Reduction of maximum comp time accrual for business reasons.

Applicable Laws, Authority or WSU Policy (if any):

FLSA Compensatory Time - 29 CFR 553.22

The following University Stakeholders were included:

• General Counsel’s Office (Stacia Boden & Misha Jacob-Warren)
• NIAR Financial Operations (Caleb Loss & Paul Werner)
• Financial Operations (Lois Tatro)
• Office of Research (Karen Davis)
• Human Resources Leadership Team
  • Jamie Olmsted, Leader of Total Rewards
  • Sheryl Propst, Assistant Director
  • Susan Martin, Director of HR Operations and Systems
  • Marcie Holsteen, Human Resources Professional
  • Judy Espinoza, Director of Human Resources
• President’s Executive Team

Initiating Authority:

Human Resources

Summary of Policy of Policy Change:

This policy is being revised to update maximum accrual of compensatory time. Specifically, it changes the maximum accrual limit from 120 hours to 60 hours.

Reason Or Need For Policy:

Reduction of maximum comp time accrual for business reasons.

Applicable Laws, Authority or WSU Policy (if any):

FLSA Compensatory Time - 29 CFR 553.22

The following University Stakeholders were included:

Initiating Authority:

Financial Operations

Summary of Policy of Policy Change:

This policy formally recognizes the University’s “Service Centers” on campus (currently being referred to as “labs”).

Reason Or Need For Policy:

This policy is necessary to document the University’s policy on cost centers and our policies as they relate to how they are established and closed, how they bill and set their center rates, and requirements for billing and recordkeeping. In addition to clearly communicating these requirements to all employees, this policy fulfills our compliance requirements under the law.

Applicable Laws, Authority or WSU Policy (if any):

2 CFR 200: Uniform Guidance – Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements

The following University Stakeholders were included:

• General Counsel’s Office (Stacia Boden & Misha Jacob-Warren)
• NIAR Financial Operations (Caleb Loss & Paul Werner)
• Financial Operations (Lois Tatro)
• Office of Research (Karen Davis)