University Policies

Standardizing University Policies 

The University at Albany is engaged in a comprehensive initiative to standardize University-wide, institutional policy development and administration. Going forward, this policy library will serve as the central repository for all institutional policies and procedures. 

The Office of Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance is responsible for overseeing the approval process for institutional policies and for maintaining the policy library. Please direct all questions regarding policy content to the Responsible University Official listed in the respective policy. 

If you would like to propose a new institutional policy or suggest revisions to an existing institutional policy, please email [email protected].

University at Albany Library of Institutional Policies 

All policies are subject to change by the University and changes will become effective as determined by the appropriate University authority. To the extent that any policies should conflict with state or federal laws, such laws, where applicable, shall prevail. 

Please note that the policy library only includes policies reviewed and approved through the standardized process for institutional policy development. As the standardization and review of preexisting institutional policies is an ongoing process, such policies will remain active and be integrated into this policy library once appropriately vetted. 
 

1.0 General Administration and Governance 

• 1.1 Policy Development for Institutional Policies

• 1.2 Freedom of Expression 

• 1.3 Chosen Identity Markers

• 1.4 Tobacco- and Smoke-free Campus

• 1.5 Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Immunization and Immunity

• 1.6 Public Forum - Time, Manner and Place Rules

• 1.7 Alcohol and Controlled Substances at the University

• 1.8 Title IX Grievance 

• 1.9 Animals on Campus 

• 1.10 Administering Surveys at the University

• 1.11 Social Media Use and Accounts
   

2.0 Academic Affairs 

• 2.1 Open Access
   

3.0 Student Services 

• 3.1 Admission of Persons with Prior Felony Convictions

• 3.2 Involuntary Leave of Absence for Students
   

5.0 Information Technology 

• 5.1 Identity and Access Management

• 5.2 Connecting Devices to the University Network 

• 5.3 Information Security

• 5.4 University Email Accounts and Electronic Communications
   

6.0 Risk Management and Public Safety 

• 6.1 Weapons on Campus

• 6.2 Prohibited Items and Activities during Events

• 6.3 University Security Camera System 

• 6.4 Rules for the Maintenance of Public Order 

• 6.5 Mandatory Reporting and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse

• 6.6 Child Protection

• 6.7 Faculty and Staff International Travel

• 6.8 Student International Travel
   

7.0 Facilities 

• 7.1 Camping on Campus

• 7.2 Chalking, Marking, and Painting on Campus
   

8.0 Human Resources 

• 8.1 Consensual Relationships

• 8.2 Gender-based Violence and the Workplace

• 8.3 Inclement Weather and Other Conditions

• 8.4 Essential Employees
   

Repealed Policies

• 1.12 Student Sexual Misconduct Grievance — Repealed January 10, 2024, after a judge ruled the underlying regulations were unlawful.