This policy has been appraised according to its 6-year review and revised with an addition of language to include the Texas Food Establishment Rules, and to conform the language used to those rules.

This policy has been updated to allow witness statements to be considered as evidence in Title IX hearings, even if the witness fails to appear for the hearing. The grounds for appeal have been delineated, and the time to appeal has been increased from 5 days to 10. Finally, the definition of retaliation has been updated.

This policy has been updated to provide clarification of responsibilities and definitions related to human subjects research as described in regulations. Updated regulation and resource links, as well as resources to locally report research misconduct have been added.

Reviewed and revised for accuracy.

Renamed policy from "Policy on Policies" to "Policy Development."

Corrected policy title.

This policy was updated to give the VPRI a formal role in reviewing and evaluating centers and institutes, per the request of the provost. The other principal change is to eliminate mandatory annual reporting through the Improve (formerly TracDat) database. Instead, there will be a review in the 3rd year, as well as the standard comprehensive 5th-year review.

This policy has been updated to improve the clarity of language, to change the vetting process by the chair of the committee, change a title of the approving party for an undergraduate student committee member, and modify the committee structure.

Reviewed and revised.

Reviewed and revised to include a provision reserving right of PDS director to use outside printing services.