On March 24, 2026, UVU's Board of Trustees approved the following policy actions:
Compliance Changes
Policy 661 Graduate Admissions and Continuation
Policy 662 Graduate Program Continuation, Credit, and Graduation Requirements
Approval Process: Compliance
Policy Sponsor: Wayne Vaught
Policy Steward: Kat Brown
Policy Action: Revision—Limited Scope
Policy Documents: Policy 661, Policy 662
Who does this apply to? Faculty, staff, and students
What does this policy revision address? Policy 661 has been updated to reflect changes made to TOEFL scoring system and requirements. Five months after Policy 662 revisions were approved in June 2024, the Utah Board of Higher Education updated Policy R475 Common Course Numbering and Policy R401 Approval of New Programs, Program Changes, Discontinued Programs, and Program Reports. This resulted in some portions of UVU Policy 662 that addressed course numbering to become out of compliance with Policy R475. To rectify this, the policy was updated through the compliance change policy process.
Now that this policy is in the Policy Manual, what does this mean for me? If you have questions about these compliance changes, please contact the policy steward. You can also read the executive summary, which explains the reason for the compliance change. NOTE: President’s Council approved these policies on March 12 and the policies went into effect that day. The Board of Trustees ratified the policies at their meeting.
Regular Policy Process
Policy 633 Faculty Performance Evaluation and Feedback
Approval Process: Regular
Policy Sponsor: Wayne Vaught
Policy Steward: Kat Brown
Policy Action: Revision—Limited Scope
Policy Documents:Policy 633
Who does this policy apply to? Faculty
What issues does this new policy address? In the current policy, a PIP (professional improvement plan) may be appealed (see Section 5.3 “PIP Appeal Timeline”). However, the policy does not indicate that a NOIN (notice of improvement needed) is also appealable. Therefore, the following limited scope revisions have been made:
•Change 5.3 to read “NOIN and PIP Appeal Timeline”
•Just before PIP, add “NOIN or a” to sections 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.4, and 5.3.5
Note: A NOIN is a non-sanction type of feedback regarding a minor or first-time performance issue that includes a plan developed by a faculty member and their supervisor.
Now that this policy is in the Policy Manual, what does this mean for me? If you have questions about this policy, contact the policy owners listed above.
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.