College Policies

Please note that we are in the process of reviewing, renumbering, reformatting, and recategorizing policies for consistency with the Policy on Policy Development, Adoption, Implementation and Review adopted by the College's Board of Trustees in April 2024. While this project is underway, there may be inconsistencies in numbering, format, and category across policies, or a policy may have been moved to a new policy category. Please feel free to contact the Office of Legal Affairs for assistance with locating a policy or procedure.

Board of Trustees Policies: A Board Policy is a policy adopted by the college’s Board of Trustees. Board policies have broad application throughout the college and all its campuses and organizational units. Board policies pertain to: Board governance; statutory and regulatory powers, duties, and policy-making functions of the Board; delegation of functions and responsibilities to the College President; college facilities; legal compliance; the College’s mission; and reduction of institutional risk. Board policies set direction and guide institutional decision-making.

Administrative Policies: An Administrative Policy is approved by the President and the President’s Cabinet. Administrative policies pertain to powers, duties, and responsibilities delegated to or within the purview of the College President and the President’s Cabinet, including policies that set operational and behavioral expectations across the college, mitigate institutional risk, and communicate roles/responsibilities, and policies that are promulgated primarily for internal cross-departmental purposes (e.g., personnel-related policies regarding leave reporting), or which require highly specialized technical skills or expertise (e.g., policies pertaining to information security and energy). Administrative policies also set direction and guide institutional decision-making but do so within the parameters of defining a standard administrative procedure.

Procedure: a specific process, method or way of performing or implementing a policy. Procedures outline in writing the steps to be taken to implement a policy, processes that implement a policy, and other similar details that inform the implementation of a policy. Unlike policies, procedures are intended to be updated more frequently, and offer more detailed description of actions or activities to be undertaken to achieve the goals or requirements outlined in a policy.