Manual of General Policy
The Manual of General Policy was created to provide an easy to use reference manual for the policies that govern the University. It consolidates the non-bylaw policy action items adopted/amended by the CUNY Board of Trustees. In a small number of cases, materials from other sources have been incorporated into the Manual due to their importance. The Manual is not a legal authority; in all cases requiring a legal authority, the text of the Board of Trustees Minutes or other original document(s) should be consulted.
The Manual is organized into eight sections corresponding to the offices that are responsible for promulgating University policy. Every policy in the Manual contains one or more citations indicating the original source(s) of the policy. Most of these citations reference policy action items passed by the Board of Trustees and included in the Board Minutes, and are in the format (BTM,yyyy,mm-dd,nnn-ll). These citations are read as follows: (Board of Trustees Minutes, year, month and day of the meeting at which the action item was passed, section number, and action item letter).
ARTICLE I ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ( Text )
Policy 1.1 Academic Eligibility for Seek, College Discovery, and City University Supplemental Tuition Assistance ( Text )
Policy 1.2 Academic Freedom ( Text )
Policy 1.3 Academic Integrity ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 1.4 Academic Program Elimination ( Text )
Policy 1.5 Academic Program Planning ( Text )
1 Certification Review by Campus Bodies ( Text )
2 Credit Requirements Review ( Text )
3 Programmatic Review ( Text )
3.1 Introduction ( Text )
3.2 Statement of the Board of Trustees ( Text )
3.3 Responsibility for Guidelines ( Text )
3.4 Responsibility for Procedures ( Text )
3.5 Frequency of Reviews ( Text )
3.6 Programmatic Self-Study ( Text )
3.7 External Review ( Text )
3.8 Plan of Action ( Text )
3.9 Reporting of Reviews to the Board of Trustees ( Text )
Policy 1.7 Admission to Baccalaureate Degree Programs ( Text )
Policy 1.7a Advanced Placement Test Scores, Course Credit ( Text )
Policy 1.8 Care and Treatment of Laboratory Animals ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 1.9 Centers, Institutes, Consortia, and Special Initiatives ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 1.10 City University Baccalaureate Degree ( Text )
Policy 1.11 Collaboration with Other Educational Institutions ( Text )
Policy 1.12 College Discovery ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 1.13 Cooperative Programs with the Department of Education ( Text )
Policy 1.14 Coursework Completed On Permit ( Text )
Policy 1.15 Departments- Creation, Consolidation, Merger, or Abolition ( Text )
Policy 1.16 Exit from Remediation ( Text )
Policy 1.17 Experimental Courses ( Text )
Policy 1.18 Grant and Contract Based Research ( Text )
Policy 1.19 Honorary Degrees ( Text )
Policy 1.19a Human Research Protections Program ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 1.20 Matriculated Undergraduate Students ( Text )
Policy 1.21 This Policy Number Not in Use ( Text )
Policy 1.22 This Policy Number Not in Use ( Text )
Policy 1.23 Reorganization of Graduate Division as Graduate School and University Center ( Text )
Policy 1.24 Research Misconduct ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 1.25 Research and Scholarship ( Text )
Policy 1.26 Retention and Progress Standards ( Text )
Policy 1.27 SEEK ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 1.28 Transfers - General Education ( Text )
Policy 1.29 Transfers - Other ( Text )
Policy 1.29a Travel Guidelines ( Text )
Policy 1.30 Writing Across the Curriculum ( Text )
ARTICLE II BOARD OF TRUSTEES ( Text )
Policy 2.1 Autonomy and Jurisdiction of the University ( Text )
Policy 2.2 Borough Hearings ( Text )
Policy 2.3 Chancellor Searches ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 2.4 Committees of the Board ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 2.5 Code of Conduct ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 2.6 Delegation of Authority to Approve Contracts, etc. ( Text )
Policy 2.7 Emeritus Trustees ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 2.8 Governance of the University ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 2.9 Inaugurations ( Text )
Policy 2.10 Medal for Trustee Service ( Text )
Policy 2.11 Personnel Action Procedures ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 2.12 Presidential Searches ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 2.13 Points of Light ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 2.14 Orientation of New Members ( Text )
Policy 2.15 Representation of Clients by Attorney Members of the Board of Trustees ( Text )
Policy 2.16 Statement regarding Aids Awareness ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 2.17 Statement regarding Rapp-Coudert Dismissals ( Text )
Policy 2.18 Statement regarding Tax Exempt Status for Institutions of Higher Education Engaging in Discrimination ( Text )
ARTICLE III BUDGET AND FINANCE ( Text )
Policy 3.1 Bank Accounts ( Text )
Policy 3.2 Honoraria, Travel Reimbursements, and Outside Activities ( Text )
Policy 3.3 Investment ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 3.4 Presidential Discretionary Funds ( Text )
Policy 3.5 Trust and Gift Funds, Acceptance and Administration ( Text )
ARTICLE IV FACILITIES AND PLANNING ( Text )
Policy 4.1 Computer Resources Use ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 4.2 Facilities Use ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 4.3 Geographical Limitations for Certain Types of Contracts ( Text )
Policy 4.4 Parking Facilities ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 4.5 Physically Handicapped Students and Faculty Members ( Text )
Policy 4.6 Tobacco ( Text )
ARTICLE V FACULTY AND STAFF ( Text )
Policy 5.1 Academic Personnel Practice ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 5.2 Adjunct Professorships ( Text )
Policy 5.3 Admission and Retention Policy Formulation ( Text )
Policy 5.4 Affirmative Action ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 5.5 Chancellor and Presidents, Review and Assessment ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 5.6 Civil Service Commission ( Text )
Policy 5.7 Excluded Titles, Applicability of Professional Staff Congress-CUNY Collective Bargaining Agreement ( Text )
Policy 5.8 Executive Staff ( Text )
Policy 5.9 Higher Education Officer Series ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 5.10 Honorary Clinical Associate Title ( Text )
Policy 5.11 This Policy Number Not in Use ( Text )
Policy 5.12 Leave Without Pay ( Text )
Policy 5.13 Library Use by Members of the Faculty ( Text )
Policy 5.13a Military Leave ( Text )
Policy 5.13b Military Leave and Benefits, Continuation of ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 5.14 Multiple Positions ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 5.15 Performance Bonus Program for Full-Time Excluded Instructional Staff ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 5.15a Pre-Tenure Year Review Policy ( Text )
Policy 5.16 President Emeritus ( Text )
Policy 5.17 Professor Emeritus ( Text )
Policy 5.18 Recognition of Faculty Research ( Text )
Policy 5.19 Retrenchment ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 5.20 Student Complaints About Faculty Conduct in Academic Settings ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 5.21 Student Participation in Decision-Making Processes ( Text )
Policy 5.22 Testimony ( Text )
Policy 5.23 University Professor ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 5.24 Vacation Pay for Deceased Staff ( Text )
Policy 5.25 Veteran Reinstatement ( Text )
Policy 5.26 Vice Chancellor Searches ( Show Contents
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| Text )ARTICLE VI LEGAL ( Text )
Policy 6.1 Conflict of Interest ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 6.2 Discrimination and Sexual Harassment ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 6.3 Domestic Violence ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 6.4 Freedom of Information Law Compliance ( Text )
Policy 6.5 Intellectual Property ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 6.6 Maintenance of Public Order ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 6.7 Records Retention and Disposition ( Text )
Policy 6.8 This Policy Number Not in Use ( Text )
Policy 6.9 Violence Prevention ( Show Contents
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| Text )ARTICLE VII STUDENTS ( Text )
Policy 7.1 Admission Application Fraud ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 7.2 Change of Name ( Text )
Policy 7.2a Child-Care Services ( Text )
Policy 7.3 Delinquent Accounts and Records ( Text )
Policy 7.4 Drug, Tobacco, and Alcohol Education ( Text )
Policy 7.4a Drugs and Alcohol ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 7.4b Enrollment and Withdrawal Verification ( Text )
Policy 7.5 Financial Aid and Support ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 7.6 Health Services ( Text )
Policy 7.7 Intercollegiate Athletics ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 7.8 Marketing of Credit Cards to Students ( Text )
Policy 7.9 Medical Withdrawal and Re-Entry ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 7.10 Military Service ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 7.11 Records Access Policy ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 7.12 Retention and Graduation ( Text )
Policy 7.13 Salk Scholarships ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 7.14 Senior Citizen Audit Program ( Text )
Policy 7.14a Sexual Assault, Stalking and Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence Against Students ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 7.15 Student Government and University Student Senate ( Show Contents
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| Text )Policy 7.15f Student Government - Stipends ( Text )
Policy 7.16 Tuition Assistance for Families of World Trade Center Victims ( Text )
Policy 7.17 Tuition Refunds ( Text )
Policy 7.18 Voter Registration ( Text )

