On March 28, 2024, UVU's Board of Trustees approved the following policies to be added and revised in the Policy Manual.
Policy 136 Intellectual Property
| Approval Process | Regular |
| Policy Sponsor | Wayne Vaught |
| Policy Stewards | Daniel Fairbanks |
| Policy Actions | Revision |
| Board of Trustees Action | Approved |
| Policy Manual Entry | Policy 136 |
Who does this apply to? Students and staff/faculty who create a work or invention using university resources or under a sponsored program
What is included in the revisions to this policy? Policy 136 was enacted in 2006 prior to UVU becoming a university. Since then, much has changed, including significant university growth, changes in intellectual property law/court decisions, rapid development of technology, and online teaching.
Policy 445 Institutional Data Governance
Policy 450 Processing and Control of Distributed Administrative Data (Deletion)
| Approval Process | Regular |
| Policy Sponsor | Christina Baum |
| Policy Stewards | Laura Busby |
| Policy Actions | Revision |
| Board of Trustees Action | Approved |
| Policy Manual Entry | Policy 445 |
Who does this apply to? Employees responsible for/working with university data
What is included in the revised policy? Policy 445 was updated to address the University's ever expanding need to collect, assess, and use data for planning and assessment, student records, etc. The policy establishes a data governance council that will create enterprise guidelines. Policy 450 was deleted because the subject matter it covered is now addressed in other updated Digital Transformation policies.
Policy 648 Faculty Personnel Reduction (Temporary)
| Approval Process | Temporary |
| Policy Sponsor | Wayne Vaught |
| Policy Stewards | Kat Brown |
| Policy Actions | Revision |
| Board of Trustees Action | Approved |
| Policy Manual Entry | Policy 648 |
Who does this apply to? Faculty
What is included in this revision? Policy 648 is open for revision under the regular policy process, but Academic Affairs needed to make limited scope revisions through the temporary process so it does not contradict the proposed, revised policy: Policy 649 Faculty Remediation, Sanction, and Dismissal Due to Cause. In this revision, the drafting committee deleted the entire section and references related to faculty remediation, sanctions and dismissal, which will be covered by the proposed Policy 649.
Policy 649 Faculty Sanction and Dismissal for Cause
| Approval Process | Regular |
| Policy Sponsor | Wayne Vaught |
| Policy Stewards | Kat Brown |
| Policy Actions | New |
| Board of Trustees Action | Approved |
| Policy Manual Entry | Policy 649 |
Who does this apply to? Faculty
What is included in this new policy? In compliance with law and USHE policy, this UVU policy sets forth procedures for (1) investigations and disciplinary processes for full-time faculty and (2) discontinuance processes for non-tenured faculty. The policy has been drafted with the intent to ensure that these processes will reflect fair investigations, due process, and, when appropriate, progressive disciplinary action. This policy will not apply to violations of Policies 162 and 165.
Policy 654 Faculty Merit Pay
| Approval Process | Regular |
| Policy Sponsor | Wayne Vaught |
| Policy Stewards | Kat Brown |
| Policy Actions | Revision, Limited Scope |
| Board of Trustees Action | Approved |
| Policy Manual Entry | Policy 654 |
Who does this apply to? Faculty
What is included in this limited scope revision?
The current version of Policy 654 is sunsetting this year—the policy mandates it be reviewed every 5 years. A drafting committee is working on a complete rewrite of the policy, which will not be ready April 1. A current faculty merit pay policy must be in place for the upcoming review cycle. Therefore, stewards have made limited scope revisions to the current policy to address the gap between the version that is sunsetting and the completely rewritten version.
To create a relevant gap policy, stewards made the following limited scope changes: (1) removed references to the five-year review period and (2) placed the process deadlines into a guidelines document to allow for more flexibility to change deadlines as needed.
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For questions or comments regarding any of the above actions, contact the policy sponsor or steward(s) listed, or contact the Policy Office. To learn more about the policy approval process at UVU, visit the Policy Office's Policy Process webpage.
Please note that some of the above links may become outdated or broken as the policy drafts progress through the policy approval process, or are approved for adoption to or deletion from the Policy Manual. For the most up-to-date status regarding a policy or proposed policy draft, see the Policy Manual and Policy Approval Pipeline pages. To request a previous version of a policy or policy draft or for addition questions, contact the Policy Office.