Policies & Procedures
Adjunct Faculty 1001
Description: The purpose of this policy is to define the use of adjunct faculty.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Articulation Agreements with Community Colleges 1002
Description: The purpose of this policy it to identify the authority for entering into articulation agreements with community colleges.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Awarding of Degrees 1003
Description: The purpose of this policy is to define degree conferral times for the University.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Delegation of Authority to Hire Academic and Administrative Employees 1004
Description: The purpose of this policy is to assign a delegation of authority to hire academic and administrative employees.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Determining Faculty Base Salaries for Academic Administrators with Tenure 1005
Description: The purpose of this policy is to establish a methodology for determining faculty base portions of academic administrator's salaries.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Distance Education Student Privacy 1006
Description: The purpose of this policy is to formalize the application of current privacy policies to distance education students.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Documentation of Written Student Complaints 1007
Description: The purpose of this policy is to formalize the documentation of formal written student complaints.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Effort Reporting and Certification 1020
Description: The purpose of this policy is to establish institutional requirements for effort reporting and the reporting of payroll distribution activity on sponsored projects.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Enrollment of High School Students in College Courses and Dual Enrollment 1008
Description: The purpose of this policy is to establish authorization for high school students to enroll in college courses and to outline Longwood’s responsibilities in relationship to dual enrollment coursework.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Faculty Policies & Procedures Manual
Description: This manual details all the policies and procedures relating to faculty members.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Faculty Voluntary Early Retirement 1021
Description: This policy shall facilitate the transition of faculty from full-time active service to retirement by continuing to pay the employer portion of medical insurance premiums and, if mutually agreeable, to consider those faculty for part-time work assignments in areas where their expertise may be needed.
Owner: Academic Affairs
FERPA - Student Records and Annual Notification 1009
Description: Generally, FERPA provides that no information, applications, forms, letters, records, transcripts, etc. may be released, whether orally or in writing, without prior written consent of the student. FERPA gives students the right to inspect, review and, in some cases, amend their education records
Owner: Academic Affairs
Financial Exigency 1010
Description: The purpose of this policy is to define a condition of 'financial emergency' that may arise at some future time within Longwood; establish a process by which the existence and severity of the emergency is to be declared; establish a method and guidelines for adopting plans for the University's response to such emergency; and define the rights and privileges to be accorded faculty members when programs (both academic and non-academic) are reduced, reorganized, or terminated due to financial...
Owner: Academic Affairs
Graduate Admissions 1019
Description: The purpose of this policy is to establish a comprehensive graduate admissions policy.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Honorary Degree 1011
Description: The purpose of this policy is to establish the authority for the institution to grant honorary degrees.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Intellectual Property 1012
Description: Longwood University encourages the production of intellectual property, including creative and scholarly works, discoveries, and inventions. The purposes of this policy are to support and reward research and scholarship; to balance the interests of researchers and the University; to define the rights and responsibilities of all involved; and to help faculty, students and staff identify, protect and administer intellectual property.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Longwood Center for the Arts: Facilities Usage 1013
Description: The purpose of this policy is to inform the Longwood community and the public at large of the intent and mission of the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA).
Owner: Academic Affairs
Open Educational Resources 1015
Description: Longwood University will provide training, support, and encourage recognition of OER use, adaptation, and creation as a meaningful scholarly and professional endeavor.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Substantive Change Reporting Policy 1016
Description: This policy exists specifically to establish, clarify and communicate the requirement that the President and Board of Visitors must approve all University changed deemed to be “substantive” if they must also be subsequently approved by the University’s institutional accrediting body, SACSCOC.
Owner: Academic Affairs
Tuition and Fee Waiver for Senior Citizens 1017
Description: The purpose of this policy is to provide notices to persons over sixty (60) years of age of tuition and fee waiver regulations provided for by the Senior Citizens Higher Education Act of l974 and as amended afterward.
Owner: Academic Affairs
University Art Acquisition 1014
Description: This policy establishes guidelines for the selection, purchase, acceptance and maintenance of artwork by the university. Artwork subject to this policy includes, but is not limited to, original and signed limited edition prints, paintings, photographs, sculpture, decorative arts, digital/multimedia, and site-specific works used for the beautification or enhancement of a particular space owned or controlled by the university.
Owner: Academic Affairs
University Assessment Policy 1018
Description: The purpose of this policy is to establish integrated and institution-wide planning and assessment processes for ensuring continuous improvement in the quality of all aspects of the institution and accomplishment of the university’s mission.
Owner: Academic Affairs