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OU Administrative Policies
and Procedures
Police & Support Services, Room 13
201 Meadow Brook Road
Rochester ,
MI
48309-4482
(location map)
OU Administrative Policies and Procedures
Welcome to Oakland University's Administrative Policy and Procedures website. This site provides employees with a centralized source for the University's approved operating policies and procedures, as well as providing information on many of the services available on Oakland University's campus.
The Finance and Administration Division is responsible for maintaining this site, and encourages revisions and new material for inclusion.
Please review How to Submit Policy Additions/Revisions to understand the steps required to have a policy updated or added to the site. Use the Policy Template as the format for all policies, both new and revised.
If you require additional information, please contact the Senior Business Manager for Finance and Administration at extension 2444.
TO PRINT: To print a policy, use the gold PRINT command in the top right corner of the policy. You will be directed to a Google Document of most recent version of the policy, and will be able to print the full policy from there.
SEARCH FOR A POLICY: To search through the AP&P’s, check the list on the left-hand side of this page for the appropriate category. After you click on a category title, a drop down list of related AP&P’s will appear; to open a specific policy, click on the policy title.
SEARCH THE POLICY SITE: To find an AP&P by a specific term or topic, enter that term or topic into the SEARCH text box to the left. All policies containing the word(s) entered in the text box will be listed on the web page. Click on the blue policy title to go to that policy page.
TO SEARCH THE CURRENT PAGE: Choose Edit from the top left of the screen and select Find (or Ctrl + F). Enter the word or phrase you are looking for into the Find command box at the top or bottom of the screen.
TO FIND LINKS TO OTHER SITES: Each policy is conveniently formatted with links to supporting sites, as well as to related policies and procedures. Click on the words in GOLD to use the links.
What’s New?
Recently updated policies:
July 2021
380 Work Orders - substantial revisions
488 University Communications - substantial revisions
630 Youth Program Protection Policy - minor revisions
May 2021
860 Data Management and Information Security - minor revisions
320 Campus Signs - minor revisions
1220 Travel: Student Foreign Study and Academically Related International Travel - minor revisions
830 Information Technology Infrastructure and Services - substantial revisions
350 Key Control - minor revisions
April 2021
455 Death of Faculty, Staff, Retiree, and Student - Notices and Floral Tributes - minor revisions
March 2021
218 Data Entry Standards for Ellucian Banner Users - minor revisions
718 Employment of High School Students and Minors - minor revisions
770 Temporary and Casual Employees - minor revisions
February 2021
674 Surveillance and Monitoring Technology - substantial revisions
840 Preferred Name Policy - minor revisions
850 Network Infrastructure Policy - minor revisions
January 2021
482 University Closing - minor revisions
December 2020
605 Crisis Management Team - minor revisions
September 2020
676 Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Drones - NEW Policy
300 Air Conditioning and Heating Policy - minor revisions
August 2020
370 Use of Oakland University Facilities - minor revisions
480 University Archives - minor revisions
423 Flags at Half-Staff - minor revisions
642 Parking Regulations and Road Closure Procedures - minor revisions
March 2020
435 Games of Chance Procedures - Substantial revision.
475 Smoke-Free Campus Policy - Substantial revision.
January 2020
425 Broadcast Text Messaging Policy - Substantial revision.
Recently deleted policies:
May 2021
409 The Constitution of the Oakland University Senate
September 2020
706 Termination/Leave of Absence/Layoff & Return
August 2020
120 Continuous Enrollment Policy for Doctoral Students
1350 Oakland Center
March 2020
1172 Student Financial Aid
If you have questions about a specific policy, contact the responsible department noted at the top of that policy. If you have questions about this site or the process to add or update a policy, contact Sarah Wood at swood@oakland.edu or (248) 370-2444.