1. Policy statement.

1. Each academic unit shall form a graduate faculty committee selected from its present full members of the graduate faculty. It may be desirable for this committee to be the graduate studies committee to the academic unit. This committee shall evaluate its faculty for graduate faculty status and forward its recommendations to the academic unit administrator or designee for approval.

1. Purpose. The university expects each organization to anticipate, provide for and meet promptly its financial obligations in a business-like and equitable manner.
2. Nonpayment. An organization which fails to meet its financial obligations or has a deficit balance with the university will be informed as to the situation. If prompt corrective action is not taken, the organization will lose the privilege of utilizing university facilities and services. Loss of recognition may be the eventual result of continued nonpayment of bills.

Policy statement. Regional campus faculty who receive tenure are tenured in the regional campuses and not on the Kent campus. Conversely, Kent campus faculty who are tenured are tenured on the Kent campus and not in the regional campuses.

1. The university does not provide leaves of absence with pay for faculty. Leaves of absence on a one-year (or less) basis without pay may be arranged through the department chairperson or school director and, with his/her approval, the approval of the dean of the college or school, and the approval of the vice president for academic and student affairs.

1. Statement of purpose. Experimental and integrative studies are administered by the dean and staff of the honors college.

1. There is no objection to the appointment of members of families throughout the university, regardless of relationship, so long as one family member is not in a position to influence a decision in favor of or against the other.
2. Therefore, pursuant to the guidelines for enforcement of Executive Order 11246 as promulgated by the United States department of health, education and welfare, university employees shall neither initiate nor participate in institutional decisions involving a direct benefit or detriment to members of their immediate families.

1. Purpose. It is the university's intent to comply with all requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). All supervisors and managers, therefore, are only authorized to make proper deductions from the salaries of exempt employees. Furthermore, it is also the university's intent to inform employees of this policy and ensure them that the university does not allow deductions that violate the FLSA.
2. Eligibility. The policy applies to all unclassified full-time salaried employees who are paid on a salary basis.

1. Introduction. Kent state university is committed to using the most advanced technology available to communicate with students and recognizes an expanding reliance on electronic communication among students, faculty, staff, and the administration due to the convenience, speed, cost-effectiveness, and environmental advantages of using electronic communication. Therefore, the electronic communications student policy will provide procedures and regulations to govern the use of electronic communications between the university and the students.

1. Purpose. In certain programs of study, students may not be effective in their chosen area because of factors other than academic qualifications, such as personality. Such programs are often designed to train students to perform guidance roles upon completion of their educational requirements. In such cases, a student's personality may be detrimental to his or her effective functioning in his or her chosen area.