- Policy Title: Development and Administration
- Policy Number: ESU-PO-2010-002
- Effective: December 9, 2010
- Adopted: December 9, 2010
- Last Reviewed: N/A
- Amended: N/A
- Related Policies: None
Policy Statement:
This policy describes the essential elements of all university-wide policies; defines the manner in which university policies are developed, maintained and published; and establishes a schedule for the regular review of university policies.
The ESU Policy Development and Administration policy applies to all students, faculty, and administrative staff, as well as vendors, sub-contractors, and other visitors to campus.
Policies shall be posted to a dedicated, official web page located within the university’s home page.
Operating units, departments and colleges may develop internal policies and operating procedures for their use and may post the internal policies and procedures on their specific web pages.
For university – wide policies, units may provide links to the official and most current version referenced and relied upon.
Internal policies having application beyond the department, college or operating unit should be posted to or linked from the official university policy web page.
Reason for Policy
The policy is to codify all university policies and assure universal access through the creation of a centralized website for university policies and procedures.
The President’s Office acts as the official repository for all university policies and the Policy Administration Office under the President’s Office serves as the point-of-contact for university-wide policies, process questions, and initiation of policy actions.
Format and Publication of University policies
Before approval of any proposed university policy, the proposed university policy shall be assigned a Responsible Office.
In most instances, the Responsible Office shall be the University office most directly responsible for implementing and administering the policy.
The university shall maintain an original and the revision history of all university policies and publish and maintain a searchable electronic directory of all university policies on the university’s web site.
University policies shall include the following information, as applicable:
- Policy Title
- Policy Number
- Effective Date
- Approval Date
- Related Policies
- Last Reviewed
- Policy Statement
- Reason for Policy
- Appeal Statement
- Definitions
- Keywords
- Enforcement Body
- Procedures
- Implications on Other Policies
- Review cycle
- Approval Pathway
Appeal Statement:
Not Specified in Current Policy
Definitions:
Administrative Divisions: The primary administrative divisions of the University, including the President’s Office, Academic Affairs, Enrollment Management, Finance and Administration, Research & Economic Development, and Student Affairs.
Policy Advisory Committee (PAC): The Vice Presidents/Provost will annually nominate committee members to represent their division.
PAC develops and refines the processes for policy conversion, new policy development, and policy retirement; recommends administrative processes for effective processing and policy administration; and assures proper vetting of all policies with the university constituencies prior to implementation.
President’s Council (PC): President’s Council oversees the administrative policy framework to ensure policy alignment, continuity, and accountability; applies an institutional perspective to the review and approval of administrative policies; approves new policies and substantive amendments to existing policies for promulgation to ensure policies meet the minimum criteria for adoption as administrative policies; assesses and determines the institution’s administrative policy needs; and ensures policy development and management plans are appropriate for the administration of policies.
President: The President determines the role of PC in reviewing and approving substantive amendments, based on assessment of proposed change.
Procedures: Statements that provide for orderly implementation of established policies through specific prescribed actions and are more detailed than a policy statement.
Responsible Office/Policy Contact: Identified by the two or three letters preceding the policy number.
Each of the Vice Presidents shall assign a Responsible Office to all existing policies within their area of operations and to any newly generated policies to ensure proper archiving, availability and training as to those policies.
If no Responsible Office has been assigned, the Vice President for that area of operations will be deemed to be the Responsible Official.
The Responsible Office is typically the office, department or official at the University that is most directly responsible for implementing and administering a particular university policy and is the primary contact for questions concerning the implementation and administration of a particular university policy.
This is generally the responsible office or person who is the subject matter expert designated by the policy owner to be the first point of contact to answer policy questions and assist in policy interpretation.
The Responsible Office also assures that a particular university policy is reviewed consistent with that university policy’s scheduled review.
They will prepare a policy plan for President’s Council review and action before proceeding through the policy development and approval process; develop and administer policies, procedures, instructions, and forms under direction and perform scheduled review and assessment of assigned policies to ensure ongoing policy accuracy and need.
The policy contact may be the same person as the policy owner.
University-wide Policy: A policy adopted and approved consistent with the requirements of this Policy that has broad applicability beyond the internal operating procedures of a single office, department, or division.
This definition encompasses only East Stroudsburg University policies which should be distinguished from procedures and from divisional practice or protocol.
The university policy shall supersede the divisional practice or protocol.
Other Relevant Information:
ESU Policy Development and Administration Procedure
