Policies, reports and memos
Policies | Reports | Memos and announcements
This website provides links to many of the important reports, memos and policies administered by staff in the office of the Provost.
Additional information and links to other campus policies and legislation can be found on the websites of the Secretary of the Faculty, the Secretary of the Academic Staff, the Office of Human Resources, and the Vice Chancellor for Administration.
Policies
Cluster Hiring Initiative Faculty Policies
- Course Replacement and Salary Policy When Cluster Faculty Are on 100 Percent Leave or a Position is Vacated with an Approved Search in Progress
- Cluster Faculty Replacement
- Request to Reopen a Failed Cluster Search
- Salary Savings When Cluster Faculty Pay a Portion of Their Salary with Extramural Sources
- Visiting Faculty Appointments in the Cluster Hiring Initiative
- Dual Career Couple and Strategic Hire Funds in the Cluster Hiring Initiative
Faculty Exit Interviews Procedures Revised (July 2007)
Faculty hiring, mentoring and tenure policies and contacts
Policies regarding extension of the probationary period (Stopping the Tenure Clock) and leaves of absence (January 18, 2007)
Requirements for Departmental Mentoring and Evaluation of Assistant Professors
2007–08 Faculty Salary Equity Reviews (February 25, 2008)
Final Exams and Summary Block (Dec. 9, 2005)
Guidelines for holding classes and related educational activities off campus (Feb. 25, 2005)
Information Technology Policies
Mandatory Sexual Assault Reporting & Sexual Harassment Information
Project. (Feb. 19, 2007)
Military Service Policy (Dec. 4, 2001)
Non-Resident Tuition-Remission for Domestic Partners and Their Dependents
Salary on Endowed Chairs. (Sept. 7, 2004)
When Classwork and Religious Observances Conflict (January 8, 2007)
Reports
Report of the Cluster/Interdisciplinary Advisory Committee to Evaluate the Cluster Hiring Initiative (July 2008)
UW–Madison Texbook Cost Report for the Board of Regents (November 2007)
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Task Force Report (June 22, 2006)
Information Technology External Review Committee Report and Campus Responses (June 2006)
Committee on Tenure in Professional Practice - Final Report and Recommendations (161K PDF, October 2005)
Report on Outside Offers and New Faculty Searches (January 2007)
Committee on Involvement of Non-Tenure Track Clinical Staff in Shared Governance - Final Report and Recommendations (19K PDF, July 2005)
Health Professions Programs Task Force - Final Report and Recommendations (66K PDF June 2005)
Course Access for Incoming Transfer Students (March 15, 2005)
Report of the Health Sciences Division Task Force on the Health Sciences Division Proposal (April 28, 2003)
New "Credits Follow the Instructor" Report (April 21, 2003)
Plan 2008 Campus Diversity Plan
Report of the Committee on Transfer Student Issues (May 2004)
Report of the Provost's Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to Evaluate the Cluster Hiring Initiative (Nov. 11, 2003)
Memos and announcements
Nominations for Hilldale Professorship for 2008-09 (November 8, 2007)
Faculty Awards (Development, Research Service, Sabbatical Leave) (July 6, 2007)
Request to Deans for Information on Faculty Searches and Outside Offers, 2006–07 (April 17, 2007)
Important Guidelines for Record Destruction (March 16, 2007)
Vilas Life Cycle Professorships Call
Resources for Recruiting Faculty, Staff and Students (November 2006)
Mellon New Directions Fellowships Call (June 21, 2006)
Faculty Strategic Hiring Initiative
International Entry Delays (Aug. 25, 2004)
Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment Call for Proposals (Aug. 24, 2005)
2006-07 UW Faculty Grants (June 1, 2005)
Annual Summary of Information Requests and Information Provided to Academic Deans (April 1, 2005)
Responsibility for Addressing Sexual Harassment Concerns and Complaints (February, 2003)