Approved by the:

University Senate - April 22, 1999 Administration - May 1999 Board of Regents - no action required

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Faculty, staff and students serve in various roles on projects and activities in support of the research, scholarship and artistic mission of the University. The commitment to the highest standards of ethical behavior and fulfillment of the fiduciary duties of public funding are fundamental to the responsibility of serving as principal investigator or in another role on these projects. The University in turn has the responsibility to ensure that principal investigators, researchers, artists, scholars, and their staff and students have access to the necessary information and supporting resources to meet these expectations.

To help meet these shared responsibilities the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School has established a program to address the current and continuing educational needs of all personnel involved in externally and internally funded research, instructional and public service activities.

The following guidelines are adopted to direct the implementation of an educational program to address the needs of faculty, staff and students:

1. The program will be under the direction of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School.

2. The Vice President and Dean will establish and sustain three advisory committees, one for each of the major constituencies having organizational and functional responsibility on projects:
   • academic personnel (including faculty, department heads, directors, Deans and other academic administrators),
     
   • administrative staff (including all personnel who perform administrative tasks),
     
   • technical and research staff and students serving on projects (including graduate, undergraduate, and post-doctorate students).

3. Each advisory committee will
   • identify the educational needs of its constituency,
     
   • develop a comprehensive curriculum,
     
   • oversee the content of the programming,
     
   • recommend delivery formats,
     
   • propose appropriate recognition or accreditation,
     
   • establish continuing education requirements as appropriate.

4. In conjunction with the Vice President and Dean, the Center for Human Resource Development will maintain information on participation in educational activities and develop mechanisms to assess the effectiveness of the educational program.

5. The University has the responsibility to publicize the educational requirements of this policy to all employees, to commit the resources necessary to establish and sustain the ongoing educational program, and to see that it is actually carried out.

   
   
   

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