What is the difference between a policy and a guideline?
University policies are documents that contain concise statements of direction and required action issued by the Board of Trustees. These documents are assigned a Board of Trustee’s document number (e.g., Doc.T97-010.) University Guidelines also referred to as standards are statements designed to achieve the requirements of University Policies by establishing specific mandatory criteria that must be met in Campus Procedures, and by University employees, students and other authorized users. These documents are issued by the President. Campus Procedures are statements designed to comply with the mandatory requirements of University Guidelines by establishing specific criteria that must be met by University students, staff, consultants, etc.
