Academic Policy and Procedures

Academic Personnel Policies

(listed by topic)

Policies governing academic personnel are provided in two separate manuals: the University of California Academic Personnel Manual (APM), which contains general, system wide policies, and the UCSD Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM), which contains information on implementing specific academic personnel policies at UCSD.

The listing below provides links to policies arranged by topic. Links to APM sections are provided if the PPM does not address a particular topic, or if a PPM section is under revision. Otherwise, a link to the appropriate PPM section is provided.

Under Review-Closed for Comment: Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM) 410-7, Policy on Faculty Gifts in Support of Their Own Research

UC San Diego invites comments on the proposed UC San Diego Policy & Procedure Manual (PPM) Section 410-7, Policy on Faculty Gifts in Support of Their Own Research.

The proposed PPM 410-7 applies to gifts from faculty at UC San Diego in support of their own research and is meant to institutionalize concepts found within the University of California Development Reference Guide as they apply to gifts from university employees to the University in support of bona fide activities and purchases. 

If you have comments for submission in response to the proposed policy revisions, please provide your written comments to Gabriel Lopez, Director of Academic Policy & Family Programs, at academicpersonnel@ucsd.edu no later than February 29, 2024.

A tracked draft of the proposed policy can be viewed by clicking the links below:

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Review & Issuance Complete: Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM) 230-370, Academic Administrator Series, and 230-375, Academic Coordinator Series

The University invites comments on a proposed revision to UC San Diego Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM) Section 230-370, Appointment and Promotion – Academic Administrator Series and Section 230-375, Appointment and Promotion – Academic Coordinator Series.

Proposed revisions include the adoption of a Continuous Merit Advancement (CMA) model granting appointees in the Academic Administrator and Academic Coordinator series the opportunity to advance beyond the highest salary step of their respective salary scale. Revisions provide guidance on how to calculate proposed advancement beyond the highest salary scale step and guidance on related accelerated merit reviews.

If you have comments for submission in response to the proposed policy revisions, please provide your written comments to Gabriel Lopez, Director of Academic Policy & Family Programs, at academicpersonnel@ucsd.edu no later than September 30, 2023.

A tracked changes and clean draft of the proposed policy can be viewed by clicking the links below:

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Under Review-Closed for Comment: Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM) 230-8, Endowed Chairs and Professorships Second Campuswide Review

The University invites comments on a proposed revised Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM) 230-8, Endowed Chairs and Professorships.  Proposed revisions are meant to align local campus policy with UC policy as well as reflect historical changes to local endowed chair and professorship requirements.

The proposed draft represents the second campus-wide review for proposed revisions to PPM 230-8 and includes updates in response to feedback collected from the initial review.

Initial revisions included the following: 

• Renumber of PPM 230-8, Endowed Chairs and Professorships, to PPM 230-191 to align with related Academic Personnel Manual (APM) Section 191, Policy on Endowed Chairs and Professorships. 
• Removal of Organized Research Unit (ORU) as an option for the assignment of an Endowed Chair. 
• Increase in the required minimum gift amount to establish an endowed chair from $500,000 to $1,000,000 per Chancellor’s Endowed Chair guidelines and UC San Diego Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM), Section 410-30, Endowed and Current Gift Fund Minimum Policy. 
• Alignment with Regents Standing Order 100.4 issued July 11, 2019 delegating endowed chair approval authority from the President to campus Chancellors. 
• Removal of Permanent Endowed Chairs as a type of endowed chair with the addition of a footnote specifying endowed chair appointments at UC San Diego have been either Term or Administrative in nature since 2015. 
• Removal of the requirement for review and approval by the Campus Chief Financial Officer and Campus General Counsel for proposals to fund all or any portion of a chair endowment through a deferred gift or future bequest. 
• Addition of “Donor request for disestablishment” as a possible and acceptable endowed chair disestablishment event. 
• Technical revisions such as a rearrangement of sections, title updates, numbering updates, and formatting. 

Additional revisions include the following:

• Modified footnote, page 3, to define a “Permanent Endowed Chair” and clarify what happens with a permanent endowed chair is vacated. 
• Section 230-191.C.1:
  • Removal of redundant and outdated language.
  • Replacement of “University Educational Policy Committee (EPC)” with “Applicable UC San Diego Academic Senate Committee”. 
• Section 230-191.D:
  • Replacement of “Income” with “Payout” to align with common endowed chair verbiage. 
• Section 230-191.E:
  • Replacement of outdated language with updated verbiage and references to local UC San Diego policy. 
• Appendix I, II, and III
  • Various technical revisions, omissions and additions to consolidate information contained within the appendices and policy.

 If you have questions or wish to provide comments, please contact Gabriel Lopez, Director of Policy and Family Programs, at academicpersonnel@ucsd.edu, no later than June 30, 2023.  

A tracked changes and clean draft of the proposed policy can be viewed by clicking the links below:

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Under Review-Closed for Comment : Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM) 230-016, UC San Diego Procedures for Academic Senate Faculty Discipline

The University invites comments on a proposed UC San Diego Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM) Section 230-016, UC San Diego Procedures for Academic Senate Faculty Discipline.

 APM 016, the University Policy on Faculty Conduct and the Administration of Discipline, requires each Chancellor to establish procedures for the administration of discipline on the campus.  Consistent with the transparent administration of APM 016 and UC Academic Personnel Manual (APM) Section 015 – the Faculty Code of Conduct, Academic Personnel Services (APS) drafted and posted Interim UC San Diego Procedures for Academic Senate Faculty Discipline. 

 The interim procedures are now proposed for permanent institutionalization in the form of PPM 230-016.

If you have questions or wish to provide comments, please contact Gabriel Lopez, Director of Policy and Family Programs, at academicpersonnel@ucsd.edu, no later than July 1, 2023. 

A red-line and clean draft of the proposed policy can be viewed by clicking the links below: 

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Review & Issuance Complete: Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM) 230-278, Appointment and Promotion - Health Sciences Clinical Professor Series 

 The University invites comments on a proposed revision to Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM) 230-278, Appointment and Promotion – Health Sciences Clinical Professor Series and PPM 230-278 Appendix A.

 Proposed revisions include the following:

• Modification of PPM 230-278-20.c to align with Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 278, Health Sciences Clinical Professor Series, Section 278-20.c to specify faculty in the Clinical Professor Series must have a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal professional degree depending on a candidate’s health-related discipline. 

• Modification of PPM 230-278 Appendix A requirements for appointment of a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor at Step I or II #1 to remove “(a minimum of three years Post M.D)” and allow for equivalent recognition in a candidate’s health-related discipline. 

• Modification of PPM 230-278 Appendix A requirements for appointment of a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor at Step III #1 to specify equivalent achievement and recognition is dependent on a candidate’s health-related discipline. 

• Modification of PPM 230-278 Appendix A requirement for appointment of a Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor #1 requiring a candidate be certified by one of the medical specialty boards, or demonstrate achievement and recognition depending on the candidate’s health-related discipline. 

• Modification of PPM 230-278 Appendix A requirement for appointment of a Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor #4 to specify serving effectively as a clinical consultant depending on the candidate’s health-related discipline.

A red-line and clean draft of the proposed policy can be viewed by clicking the links below: 

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Under Review-Open for Comment: Academic Personnel Manual (APM) Section 016,  University Policy on Faculty Conduct and the Administration of Discipline

The University invites comments on proposed revisions to APM - 016, University Policy on Faculty Conduct and the Administration of Discipline. 

The policy revisions respond to the need to revise APM - 016 to address the handling of simultaneous academic misconduct investigations and personnel actions and include:

• Pause on Academic Personnel Review Actions: At the beginning of a formal investigation of alleged misconduct by a faculty member, if the Chancellor (or Chancellor’s designee) finds that any of the alleged misconduct is relevant to the assessment criteria for academic personnel review actions, the Chancellor (or Chancellor’s designee) may impose a no-fault pause on any current or future academic personnel action (e.g., for merit, promotion, or advancement) of that faculty member. Locations are responsible for developing implementation procedures that address at what stage in existing local procedures the pause occurs and that identify the offices that have responsibility for providing written confirmation of the pause to the respondent, giving a respondent periodic updates on the status of the investigation, and for notifying relevant administrators of the beginning and end of the pause.

• Conclusion of the pause: The pause will end when the investigative and disciplinary processes are concluded. In the event of a disciplinary process following a formal investigation, the pause will end when a final decision is made whether to impose disciplinary sanctions. The academic personnel process may then proceed according to campus procedures.

• Assistant Professors in Year 8: If the investigative and disciplinary processes are not concluded by the beginning of the faculty member’s eighth year of service at the rank of Assistant Professor (or a combination of equivalent titles), the Chancellor is authorized to recommend to the President that the appointment be extended beyond the eighth year, in accordance with Regents Bylaw 40.3(c).

The draft policy is posted here.  If you have any questions of it you wish to comment, please contact Paula Johnson in Policy and Records Administration at policy@ucsd.edu no later than July 1, 2024

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Closed for Comment: Academic Personnel Manual (APM) Section 710, Leaves of Absence/Sick Leave/Medical Leave

 The University of California Office of the President invites comments on proposed revision to APM - 710, Leaves of Absence/Sick Leave/Medical Leave.

The draft policy is posted here.

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Closed for Comment: Academic Personnel Manual (APM) Section 285, Professor of Teaching Series 

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on proposed revisions to APM - 285, Lecturer with Security of Employment Series

The draft policy is posted here.

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Closed for Comment: New Academic Personnel Manual (APM) Section 672, Negotiated Salary Program

The University invites comments on the newly proposed APM - 672, Negotiated Salary Program.

 The purpose of the Negotiated Salary Program (NSP) is to provide a mechanism for participating campuses to augment faculty compensation on a temporary basis according to the competitive requirements of academic disciplines.

The draft policy is posted here.

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Closed for Comment:  Policy on Vaccination Programs

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on changes from the interim revisions to finalize this Presidential Policy. 

As background, there have been significant changes in federal and State public health guidance regarding COVID-19 since the last Systemwide Review period for this policy. The federal Public Health Emergency ended on May 11, 2023, along with the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees and federal contractors. California’s COVID-19 State of Emergency ended on February 28, 2023, and the California Department of Public Health rescinded its health care worker vaccination requirement effective April 3, 2023.

The draft policy is posted here.

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Closed for Comment: Proposed Revisions to Presidential Policy on Affiliations with Certain Health Care Organizations

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on the draft Presidential Policy on Affiliations with Certain Health Care Organizations which supports the implementation of Regents Policy 4405. The Policy makes revisions to the existing interim Presidential Policy, which was first circulated for systemwide review in March 2022.

The draft policy is posted here.

Closed for Comment: Proposed Revisions to APM 210, Review and Appraisal Committees

The University invites comments on proposed revisions to Section 210 of the Academic Personnel Manual (APM) Section - 210, Review and Appraisal Committees.

The proposed revisions to APM 210 are posted to the UC Office of the President Academic Personnel and Programs website.

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Closed for Comment: Proposed Revisions to APM 710, Leaves of Absence/Sick Leave/Medical Leave

The University invites comments on proposed revisions to Section 710 of the Academic Personnel Manual: APM - 710, Leaves of Absence/Sick Leave/ Medical Leave.

 The proposed revisions to APM 710 are posted to the UC Office of the President Academic Personnel and Programs website.

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Closed for Comment: Interim Clery Act Policy

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on interim Clery Act Policy – Campus Safety and Security Reporting. The interim Policy was issued in July 2022 and is seeking Systemwide Review prior to its finalization. Following the interim issuance, a Systemwide Clery Policy Working Group was formed that included representation from campus Chief Compliance & Ethics Officers, Clery Coordinators, CARE Offices, Ombuds, Title IX, Community Safety, and UC Legal. The working group conducted workshops with key stakeholder groups to gather feedback on the interim Policy, compile additional feedback on the policy, and begin the development of implementation guidance.

 The draft policy is located here.

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Closed for Comment: Proposed Presidential Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Innovation Transfer

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed revision to the Presidential Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Innovation Transfer.

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Closed for Comment: Proposed Presidential Policy Responding to Immigration Enforcement Issues Involving Patients in UC Health Facilities

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy Responding to Immigration Enforcement Issues Involving Patients in UC Health Facilities.

The draft policy is located here.

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Closed for Comment: Presidential Policy on Anti-Discrimination

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy on Anti-Discrimination. The proposed policy covers discrimination, harassment, and retaliation by and against members of the University community on University property or in connection with University-sponsored activities.

The draft policy is posted here.  

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Closed for Comment: Presidential Policy on Developing and Maintaining Presidential Policies (Policy on Policies)

 The University of California Office of the President invited comments on the proposed Presidential Policy on Developing and Maintaining Presidential Policies (“Policy on Policies”).

 The draft policy can be found here.

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Closed for Comment: Presidential Policy on Sustainable Practices 

A copy of the proposed policy can be viewed here. 

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Closed for Comment: Policy on Vaccination Programs 

Proposed revisions to the Policy on Vaccination Programs interim amendments issued on August 30, 2022.

A copy of the proposed revisions can be viewed here. 

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Closed for Comment: Second Systemwide Review: Draft Revised APM - 025 and APM - 671 

Proposed revisions to the conflict-of-commitment policies of APM - 025 and APM - 671 are posted to the Academic Personnel and Programs website under the “Systemwide Review” tab.

A copy of the proposed revisions can be viewed here. 

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Closed for Comment: Negotiated Salary Trial Program Phase 2 Taskforce Report

A copy of the report and proposed policy can be found here.

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