1. A Tale of Policy Restructure October 20, 2014 Jessica Teets, University Policy Office Coordinator Purdue University

2. Purdue’s Comprehensive Policy Review  Guiding Principles  Consistency  Common sense  Core to the mission  Who  In-house legal counsel  Vice president for ethics and compliance  University Policy Office coordinator  Scope  127 administrative policies

3. The Goal

4. Plan to Get There

5. The Goal

6. Plan to Get There  Needs Assessment  Key Questions  Is the policy necessary to promote the university's mission or relationships with stakeholders?  Is the policy necessary to advance a university-wide risk management or operational efficiency objective?  Is the policy necessary to implement a legal requirement?  Additional Considerations  Is the policy related/complementary to another policy?  Does the policy need to be updated?  Is the policy consistent, both internally and with other policies?  Are the policy standards reasonable and flexible?

7. Plan to Get There  Needs Assessment  Recommendation for Disposition  Retain the policy in its current form.  Retain the policy, but make revisions.  Consolidate the policy with another.  Rescind the policy and manage the issue through other means (e.g., standard, guideline, procedure, training).  Rescind the policy.

8. Plan to Get There

9. Plan to Get There – Qualtrics

10. Plan to Get There – Excel

11. Problems Along the Way

12.  Time constraints  We got better as we went

13. Problems Along the Way – Time Constraints

15. Problems Along the Way – We got better as we went

16. Recommendations

17. Results

18. Next Steps  Update the policy on policies  Update the policy template and create the standard template  Respond to the responsible offices  Get to work!

19. Questions?