1.4.3 Developing Academic Policy at Michigan Tech

All policies relevant to the Michigan Tech Senate constituency, as specified in its constitution and bylaws, must be approved by the Senate. The procedure for doing this is indicated in the procedures supporting Senate Policy 104.1:


Revised:
7/10/2023 - Updated to include flow charts from approved version of proposal 2-19
3/8/2018 - Emergency Edits from the Senate: the Developing Academic Policy flow chart was rolled back to the previous version housed on the Senate Policy website: https://www.admin.mtu.edu/usenate/policies/p104-1.htm from 1993.
04/06/2017 - Annual Review: Updated the "Academic Policy Development and Approval Process" flowchart.
12/08/2016 - Annual Review: No changes made to content.
06/03/2015 - To reflect current University titles, "Board of Control" is now "Board of Trustees".
04/09/2015 - Annual Review: To reflect current practice, the email address for questions is now policy@mtu.edu. No changes made to content.
02/06/2014 - Annual Review: Updated Michigan Tech and Handbook banners, and  "Grad Student Council" now reads "Grad Student Gov't".
03/11/2013 - Annual Review: "Senate Proposal Number 4-93 (passed 5/5/93) (Amended 9/2/93)" is now "Senate Policy 104.1"
07/13/2011 - Annual Review: Removed the word "normally" from the first sentence, titles have been changed to reflect the current circumstances at Michigan Tech.  "Board of Control Policy Manual" is now "Board of Control Bylaws and Policies Manual", Exec V-P/Provost" is now "Provost/VP Acad Affairs", "MTU Procedures Manual" is now "University Policy and Procedures Manual" and "President's Cabinet" is now "Executive Team", MTU is now Michigan Tech and the email address for questions is now hbwebmaster.
02/27/2007 - Format changes made.