2023-24 Revised or New Academic Affairs Policies

All Academic Affairs policies are reviewed and revised (if necessary) at minimum every two years by the Academic Policy Committee and Council of Deans. Policies that were created or revised in 2023-24 are listed below. Policies reviewed with no changes are not listed. To view policies, please click here.

Policy	New or Revised
1.4.2/A Student Health Screening and form	Revised
1.4.3 Deceased Student Policy	Revised
1.4.4 For Cause Drug Testing	Revised
1.5.1 Active Shooter	Revised
2.1.2/A Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Policy and form	Revised
2.1.5 Assignment of Credit Hours for Education Programs Policy	Revised
2.1.6 Artificial Intelligence Generative Tool Use Policy	New
2.2.7/A Service and Emotional Support Animals in Campus Housing and form	Revised
2.2.7/A Service and Emotional Support Animals in Campus Housing and form	Revised
2.2.8 UAMS Transfer Credit Policy	Revised
2.2.12 Incomplete and In Progress Grades	Revised
2.2.2 Registration of Recognized Student Organizations	Revised
2.2.14 Student Code of Conduct	Revised
2.3.1 Procedure for Approval of Initial Faculty Appointments and Changes in Faculty Status to the UA Board of Trustees	Revised
2.3.2 Tenure Status and Part-time Appointments for Tenured Faculty Members	Revised
2.3.3 Criteria and Procedures for UAMS Faculty Reviews	Revised
3.1.5 Tuition and Fee Refunds for Students Withdrawing from UAMS	Revised
3.1.7 Veteran Non-Resident Tuition Residency Exception	Revised
3.3.2/B/C Bowie and Cass County Out of State Tuition Waiver and forms	Revised
3.3.6/A Tuition and Fees Waiver for Arkansas Residents Aged 60 Years and Over and form	Revised
3.3.9 Tuition Adjustments for Eligible Graduate Students	Revised
3.5.1 UAMS Participation in the Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges (AATYC) Academic All-Star Program	Revised
3.5.3 Southwestern Entergy Scholarship for Interprofessional Education	Revised

To search UAMS Academic Affairs policies, follow the links below:

UAMS Academic Affairs Policies – This resource will lead you to the Compliance 360 search engine for all UAMS Academic Affairs Policies.
All institution-wide policies may be found in the UAMS Administrative Guide – This will lead faculty, staff and students to the Intranet policy portal.
Board of Trustees Policies
University of Arkansas Systemwide Policies and Procedures

For a list of new or revised policies in 2022-23, click here.

For questions or concerns about UAMS Academic Affairs Policies please contact the Department of Institutional Research, Policy, and Accreditation at 501-296-1275 or email at kmsterba@uams.edu.

Updated 5/30/2024