Guidelines for Policies and Procedures

It is the policy of the President’s Office that all administrative policies and procedures shall follow the Guidelines for Policies and Procedures to ensure information consistency, accuracy, and standardization. 

  • Title: [Name of Policy or Procedure] 
  • Policy Number: [unique identifier] 
  • Steward: [person responsible for ensuring the policy/procedure is adhered to] 
  • Area: [Instruction, Human Resources, Board of Trustees, etc.] 
  • Effective Date: [date policy/procedure was put into effect] 
  • Last Review Date: [last date reviewed] 
  • Last Revision Date: [last date policy/procedure was changed] 
  • Applies to: [population that the policy/procedure applies to] 
  • Purpose: [short description] 
  • Definitions: [optional] 
  • Section Name: [optional] 
  • Content: [main policy or procedural text] 
    • Subsection Name: [optional] 
    • Subsection Content: [optional] 
  • Parent Policy: [Procedure Only – Link to parent policy this procedure directly supports] 
  • Supporting Procedures: [Links to procedures which are specifically written to support this policy, this is generated by looking at the Parent Policy value in Procedures] 
  • Related Policies and Procedures: [Links to any related policies or procedures, not in a Parent/Child relationship with this content] 
  • Related Documents: [uploaded documents] 
  • References: [internal or external web references]