Services of Academic Policy Development

The director of Academic Policy Development provides the following services:

• Develops local academic personnel policies on behalf of the EVC and campus constituents; revises existing academic personnel policies as needed.
• Oversees the consultation process for the development of academic personnel policies, including informal and formal campuswide review and consultation with UCSD's Academic Senate, the Committee on Academic Personnel, divisional deans, department chairs, and other members of the campus community.
• Acts as the campus liaison with Office of the President for systemwide policy reviews, and as the campus representative for systemwide committees established to review and/or develop new academic personnel policies.
• Advises divisional deans, department chairs, and academic personnel staff on complex policy interpretation issues and ensures that faculty and staff are aware of pertinent policies.
• Develops and delivers campuswide education concerning policy additions and updates.
• Maintains records related to policy development.

Revised Academic Leave Policy (PPM 230-10)

On July 30, 2010, Senior Vice Chancellor Paul Drake announced the revision of Policy and Procedure Manual Section 230-10, Academic Leave Policy, effective retroactively to July 1, 2010.

Improvements have been made to PPM 230-10 through clarification of existing campus practice; incorporation of changes made to the UC-wide Academic Personnel Manual (APM); removal of outdated, inaccurate, or duplicated information; and non-substantive, technical editing.

The revisions also modify the extended leave policy and include a new "Change in Work Location" policy that allows deans to approve a faculty member's absence from campus for up to 60 consecutive service days without forfeiture of sabbatical credits under certain conditions when the faculty member will continue to perform all of his or her duties from the remote location.

A summary of the major revisions to PPM 230-10 is available at:
PPM 230-10 Summary of Revisions

The revised policy is available at the following Web site:
http://adminrecords.ucsd.edu/ppm/docs/230-10.html

Proposed new academic personnel policy - APM Section 668, Negotiated Salary Program

The University invites comments on the proposed new Academic Personnel Manual Section 668, Negotiated Salary Program (NSP).

This policy has been developed from the June 2010 recommendations of the Joint Senate-Administration Compensation Plan Steering Committee.  The committee agreed that a policy-based additional compensation program was needed to maintain University competitiveness in General Campus faculty compensation.  The program is designed to provide a common administrative framework within which a school or academic discipline could provide additional compensation to its faculty, based on a set of shared principles.  The NSP will be an augmentation of the merit-based step system and is designed for use in select situations.

The proposal is available on the following Web site:

http://www.ucop.edu/acadpersonnel/apm/review.html

This is a formal review of the proposal.  If you have comments or questions, please contact Kelly Lindlar, director of Academic Policy Development, at klindlar@ucsd.edu no later than Friday, November 11, 2011.

Proposed technical revisions to systemwide academic personnel policies

The University invites comments on proposed revisions to the systemwide Academic Personnel Manual sections listed below.  These proposals are undergoing formal review. If you have comments or questions, please contact Kelly Lindlar, Director of Academic Policy Development, at klindlar@ucsd by the dates indicated.

   APM 530 - Non-citizens

Technical revisions are proposed to ensure conformity with existing federal regulations and to correct improper references and typographical errors.

The proposed revisions are available on the following Web site:

http://www.ucop.edu/acadpersonnel/apm/review.html

Comment deadline:  Wednesday, September 28, 2011

   APM 710-11 (a & b) - Leaves of Absence/Sick Leave/Medical Leave, Paid Medical Leave for Academic Appointees Who Do Not Accrue Sick Leave

Technical revisions are proposed to ensure conformity with existing federal regulations and to correct improper references and typographical errors.

The proposed revisions are available on the following Web site:

http://www.ucop.edu/acadpersonnel/apm/review.html

Comment deadline:  Wednesday, September 28, 2011

   APM 200, General

Minor revisions are proposed to correct and update general policy; deletion of Recall policy (APM 200-22) and policy appendices is also proposed.

The proposed revisions are available on the following Web site:

http://www.ucop.edu/acadpersonnel/apm/review.html

Comment deadline:  Friday, November 11, 2011 

   APM 205, Recall for Academic Appointees

This new recall policy revises and amplifies the existing Recall policy (APM 200-22), including incorporation of APM 200-22, Appendices A and B.

The proposed revisions are available on the following Web site:

http://www.ucop.edu/acadpersonnel/apm/review.html

Comment deadline:  Friday, November 11, 2011 

   APM 670, Health Sciences Compensation Plan

Proposed draft language is intended to clarify certain principles (e.g., authority levels, Good Standing, Advisory Committees, grievance procedures, and compensation).  New language was added to provide guidelines for assignment of Academic Programmatic Units (APUs) and to bring APM 670 into conformity with the APM 700 series.  Sections of the existing policy were reordered to improve clarity (e.g., the "Philosophy" portion of the current policy is "Appendix A" in the proposed draft).

The proposed draft language is available on the following Web site:

http://www.ucop.edu/acadpersonnel/apm/review.html

Comment deadline:  Friday, November 11, 2011 

Proposed revisions to Policy and Procedure Manual Section 230-7,
Non-Senate Academic Appointees/Layoff and Involuntary Reduction in Time

Proposed revisions to UCSD Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM) Section 230-7, the UCSD policy on layoffs and involuntary reductions in time for non-Senate academic appointees, have been submitted for formal campus review by Executive Vice Chancellor Suresh Subramani.

The proposed revisions reflect a significant effort to make the policy more straightforward and to provide clearer implementation guidelines.  In addition, updates have been made to bring the policy into conformance with APM 145 and to merge the existing PPM 230-7 with PPM 230-9.2 (Termination of Appointment for the Adjunct Professor Series) and PPM 230-9.3 (Termination of Appointment for the Clincial Professor Series). 

The revisions also include the removal of outdated or duplicated information and non-substantive, technical editing.

Proposed revised policy (with changes tracked)

Proposed revised policy (with changes accepted)

Appendix A (required notice periods)

Summary of proposed revisions

Revised Layoff and Involuntary Reduction in Time form

If you have any comments or questions regarding the proposed revisions to PPM 230-7, please contact Kelly Lindlar, director of Academic Policy Development, Academic Personnel Services, at klindlar@ucsd.edu no later than Monday, November 28, 2011.

Click here for academic personnel policies listed in alphabetical order by topic.