UT Dallas Faculty Handbook

UT System Regents' Rules

Regents' Rules provide the framework for the efficient operation of universities across the State of Texas and form the basis of many of the policy documents developed locally at UT Dallas.

All Regents' Rules are located at the University of Texas System website, but copies of relevant policies are available below for your download and review. Each document is a PDF and will require the use of Adobe Reader or a similar product.

Board Governance and Administration

• Policy against Discrimination
• Appointment of Officers

Personnel

• Standards of Conduct
• Conflict of Interest, amended 2008
• Sexual Harassment and Misconduct
• Leave Policies, amended 2008
• Employee Evaluations
• Employee Grievance
• Faculty Appointments and Titles, amended 2009
• Notice of Nonrenewal to Nontenured Faculty Members, amended 2007
• Abandonment of Academic Positions or Programs
• Rights and Responsibilities of Faculty Members
• Academic Workload Requirements
• Tenure, amended 2009
• Termination of a Faculty Member, amended 2009
• Evaluation of Tenured Faculty

Academic Issues

• Faculty Role in Educational Policy Formulation
• Academic Program Approval Standards, amended 2006
• Graduate Education

Student Issues

• Student Conduct and Discipline, amended 2008
• Student Travel

Facilities

• Categories of Facilities and Authorized Users
• Solicitation, amended 2008
• Use of Facilities

Intellectual Property

• Rules for Intellectual Property, amended 2007
• Intellectual Property Rights and Obligations, amended 2007
• Equity Interests, amended 2007
• Business Participation and Reporting, amended 2007
• Execution of Legal Documents related to Intellectual Property, amended 2007
• Income from Intellectual Property