2018-19 Revised or New Academic Affairs Policies
6All 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 2018-19 are listed below. Policies reviewed with no changes are not listed. To view policies, please click here and search by policy name.
| Policy | New or Revised |
| 1.3.1 UAMS Governor Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectureship Committee | Revision |
| 1.4.2 Student Health Screening | New and Revised |
| 2.1.2 FERPA Policy | Revision |
| 2.1.3 Non-discrimination Statement | Revision |
| 2.2.3 Student Health Insurance | Revision |
| 2.2.9 Formal Complaint Resolution Policy | New and Revised |
| 2.3.1 Procedure for Approval of Initial Faculty Appointments and Changes in Faculty Status to the UA Board of Trustees | Revision |
| 2.3.2 Tenure Status and Part-time Appointments for Tenured Faculty Members | Biennial Review |
| 2.3.3 UAMS Criteria and Procedures for Annual Faculty Reviews | New |
| 3.1.4 Tuition and Fee Refunds for Adding and Dropping Courses | Revised |
| 3.1.5 Tuition and Fee Refunds for Students Withdrawing from UAMS | Revised |
| 3.1.6 Tuition Calculation for Dual-Combined Degrees or Dual Enrollment | Revised |
| 3.3.1 Non-Resident Diversity Tuition Waiver Policy, Application, and Review Form | Biennial Review |
| 3.3.2 Border Counties Out of State Waivers | Revised |
| 3.3.4 Non-Resident Academic Tuition Waiver Policy and Application | Biennial Review |
| 3.3.5 Employee and Spouse/Dependent In-State Residency Exception for Tuition and Fee Purposes | New |
| 3.3.6 Age 60 Plus Tuition and Fees Waiver | Revised |
| 3.3.7 Non-Resident Tuition for Native Americans Residency Exception | New |
| 3.3.8 Active Military Non-Residency Exception | New |
| 3.3.9 Graduate Assistant, Master Lecturers, Graduate Fellows and Graduate Interns Residency Exception | New |
| 3.3.10 LULAC Tuition Waiver | New |
| 3.5.2 License Plate Scholarship | New |
| 3.5.3 Southwestern Energy Scholarship for Interprofessional Education | New |
| 5.1.1 GUS Security Policy | Revised |
To search UAMS Academic Affairs policies, follow the links below:
- UAMS Academic Policies – This resource will lead you to the Compliance 360 search engine for all UAMS 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 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.