CHAPTER 36
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
36.01 Statement of purpose and mission.
36.07 Corporate title, officers, meetings, records.
36.11 Powers and duties of the board of regents.
36.115 Personnel systems.
36.12 Student discrimination prohibited.
36.13 Faculty tenure and probationary appointments.
36.14 Wisconsin distinguished professorships.
36.15 Academic staff appointments.
36.17 Limited appointments.
36.19 Other appointments.
36.21 Lapse of appointments.
36.23 Conflict of interest.
36.29 Gifts; golf course.
36.31 Coordination with other educational agencies.
36.32 Student identification numbers.
36.33 Sale or lease and relocation of agricultural lands.
36.335 Sale of other land; buildings and structures.
36.34 Minority student programs.
36.35 Misconduct; campus security.
36.36 Grants for study abroad.
36.37 Downer Woods and buildings preservation.
36.39 Complimentary and reduced price tickets prohibited.
36.395 Fees for use of facilities.
36.40 Use of animals for research purposes.
36.43 Accommodation of religious beliefs.
36.44 License plate scholarship programs.
36.46 Auxiliary reserves.
36.48 Alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and intervention programs.
36.49 Environmental program grants and scholarships.
36.51 Nutritional improvement for elderly.
36.52 Reimbursement of pay supplements.
36.53 Tuition gift certificates.
36.54 Environmental education board and grants.
36.55 Reporting employment harassment and discrimination claims.
36.56 Grants for forestry cooperatives.
36.58 Veterinary diagnostic laboratory.
36.585 Telecommunications and information technology services.
36.59 Information technology.
36.60 Physician and dentist loan assistance program.
36.61 Health care provider loan assistance program.
36.62 Rural health development council.
36.63 Rural physician residency assistance program.
Ch. 36 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also
UWS, Wis. adm. code.
36.01
36.01
Statement of purpose and mission. 36.01(1)
(1) The legislature finds it in the public interest to provide a system of higher education which enables students of all ages, backgrounds and levels of income to participate in the search for knowledge and individual development; which stresses undergraduate teaching as its main priority; which offers selected professional graduate and research programs with emphasis on state and national needs; which fosters diversity of educational opportunity; which promotes service to the public; which makes effective and efficient use of human and physical resources; which functions cooperatively with other educational institutions and systems; and which promotes internal coordination and the wisest possible use of resources.
36.01(2)
(2) The mission of the system is to develop human resources, to discover and disseminate knowledge, to extend knowledge and its application beyond the boundaries of its campuses and to serve and stimulate society by developing in students heightened intellectual, cultural and humane sensitivities, scientific, professional and technological expertise and a sense of purpose. Inherent in this broad mission are methods of instruction, research, extended training and public service designed to educate people and improve the human condition. Basic to every purpose of the system is the search for truth.
36.01 History
History: 1973 c. 335.
36.03
36.03
System. There is created in this state a system of institutions of learning to be known as the University of Wisconsin System. The principal office and one university of the system shall be located at or near the seat of state government.
36.03 History
History: 1973 c. 335.
36.05
36.05
Definitions. In this chapter:
36.05(1)
(1) "Academic staff" means professional and administrative personnel with duties, and subject to types of appointments, that are primarily associated with higher education institutions or their administration, but does not include faculty and staff provided under
s. 16.57.
36.05(2)
(2) "Board of regents" or "board" means the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
36.05(3)
(3) "Campus" means the publicly owned or leased buildings and grounds which comprise all or part of an institution or the extension.
36.05(5)
(5) "Chancellor" means the chief executive of an institution.
36.05(6)
(6) "Classified staff" means all employees of the system other than faculty, academic staff, persons whose employment is a necessary part of their training, student assistants and student hourly help.
36.05(6m)
(6m) "College campus" means any one of the 2-year collegiate campuses of the system.
36.05(7)
(7) "Extension" means the community outreach, public service and extension services of the system.
36.05(8)
(8) "Faculty" means persons who hold the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor or instructor in an academic department or its functional equivalent in an institution, persons described under
s. 36.13 (4) (c) and such academic staff as may be designated by the chancellor and faculty of the institution.
36.05(9)
(9) "Institution" means any university or an organizational equivalent designated by the board and the University of Wisconsin colleges.
36.05(9m)
(9m) "Instructional academic staff" means academic staff members with teaching responsibilities.
36.05(9s)
(9s) "Mainframe" means a large scale, central computer maintained by the board for multipurpose functions.
36.05(10)
(10) "President" means the chief executive of the system.
36.05(11)
(11) "Student" means any person who is registered for study in any institution for the current academic period. For the purpose of administering particular programs or functions involving students, the board shall promulgate rules defining continuation or termination of student status during periods between academic periods.
36.05(12)
(12) "System" means the University of Wisconsin System.
36.05(13)
(13) "University" means any baccalaureate or graduate degree granting institution.
36.05(14)
(14) "University of Wisconsin Colleges" means the college campuses as a whole.
36.07
36.07
Corporate title, officers, meetings, records. 36.07(1)(1)
Corporate status and title. The board and their successors in office shall constitute a body corporate by the name of "Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System".
36.07(2)
(2) Secretary. The board shall appoint a secretary of the board who shall keep a faithful record of all its transactions.
36.07(3)
(3) Treasurer. The state treasurer shall be the treasurer of the board, but the board may appoint other persons to receive other moneys that may be due or remitted from any source.
36.07(4)
(4) Meetings, times, notice. The times for holding the regular annual meeting and such other meetings as are required, and the manner of providing notice for such meetings, shall be determined by the board's bylaws.
36.07(5)
(5) Access to the board. The board shall provide in its operating policies for access to the board by the public, faculty, students and chancellors.
36.07(6)
(6) Meetings and records public. The board meetings shall be open and all records of such meetings and of all proceedings of the board shall be open to inspection in accordance with
subchs. II and
V of ch. 19.
