Policy Steering Committee

The PSC should be made up of broad university representation from faculty, staff, students, and specialty functions. The committee coordinates policy writing, development, process and revision, and assists owners in prioritizing policies. The committee’s responsibilities include the following:

• Facilitate comments and suggestions from policy stakeholders
• Represent various constituencies on campus (e.g., Student Government, Faculty Senate, Staff Association, Deans’ Council, etc.).
• Provide feedback and comments to the steward and sponsor of a policy proposal
• Communicate their actions and provide information to the University groups they represent
• Facilitate the policy development and revision process
• Ensure compliance with Federal and State regulatory standards and laws, Board of Higher Education Policy, higher-education best practices, and UT Policy Policies and Procedures
• Review editorial quality and consistency and develop style guidelines.
• Maintain an online Policy Library

A Policy Owner(s) must be a member of President’s Cabinet. Their responsibility in University policy includes the following activities:

• Prioritize Policy Development
• Review and oversee University policies within their area(s) of responsibility, and appoint policy stewards
• Oversee the development and advancement of policy proposals through the policy approval processes
• Conduct policy research
• Give approval to post for public comment period (email policy@utahtech.edu).
• Meet with assigned Policy Steward & PSC to review comments and approve any modifications
• Present new/modified policy to Academic Council & University Council
• Present new/modified policy for final approval to Board of Trustees
• Give approval for final posting to the Official Policy Website (email policy@utahtech.edu)

A Policy Steward(s) works with the Policy Owner(s). They are usually, but not always, subject or experience experts, who can assist in research and writing policy. Policy Stewards are charged with the following:

• Under the Policy Owner’s guidance, oversee the development of a policy draft
• Present policy draft to PSC to begin approval process
• Advance policy through the approval stages as noted above
• Conduct policy research
• Work with the PSC to address questions or concerns
• Solicit approval from Policy Owner to submit final draft to the PSC for comment period posting
• Help Policy Owner facilitate approvals from Academic Council, University Council, and Board of Trustees (Policy Owner may assign Steward to present if needed)
• Provide policy management (updates/revisions) to comply with the required 5-Year cyclical review