Regulations and Standard Administrative Policies and Proceudures (SAP)
The University of Wyoming is governed by regulations and has standard operating administrative policies and procedures (SAP). UW Regulations and Standard Administrative Polices and Procedures are overseen by Office of General Counsel. For reference purposes only, you can find the applicable regulations or SAPs in these categories:
- Governance and Structure
- Academic Affairs
- Athletics
- Equal Opportunity
- Employment and Ethics
- Facilities
- Finance and Business
- Information Technology
- Research and Economic
- Safety and Security
- Student Affairs
- University Relations
Indigenous Lands Acknowledgement
The Studnet Governement of UW (ASUW) passed Senate Bill #2699 acknowleding the indigenous ancestoral and traditional lands of used by UW. The statement reads:
“We collectively acknowledge that the University of Wyoming occupies the ancestral and traditional lands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, and Shoshone Indigenous peoples along with other Native tribes who call the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain region home. We recognize, support, and advocate alongside Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and with those forcibly removed from their Homelands.”
Freedom of Expression
UW therefore adheres to the American Association of University Professors’ 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure. This includes providing academic personnel at the University with necessary freedom to pursue research and creative activities in their areas of expertise; participate in the governance of the University and express their judgments about matters that bear on the University’s mission; share their thoughts through extramural expression; and teach their subject in the classroom. When academic personnel speak or write as citizens, they should be free from institutional censorship or discipline.
Academic freedom helps preserve a climate of ongoing inquiry at UW where ideas are openly shared and rigorously examined. The role of the university teacher is not to indoctrinate. Students are responsible for learning in their course of study material reflecting scholarly standards, understandings, and expertise, including that which may challenge their existing beliefs. At the same time, instructors must take care not to present untested or controversial claims as settled truth without letting students take reasoned exception. In both teaching and scholarly endeavors, partisan interests-whether those of University personnel or those of government, religious, corporate, or political groups-should never supersede sound academic judgment, principles, and procedures.
In accordance with the nation’s First Amendment protections and the right to free speech enshrined in the Constitution of the State of Wyoming, UW recognizes and respects the liberty of students, faculty, and staff as private citizens to express their opinions and identities, including concerns they may have about public institutions and the larger society. At a public university, it is inevitable that the ideas and beliefs of different members of the UW community or visitors to campus will conflict with one another. UW does not shield individuals from the free expression of ideas and criticism, including that which community members may find uncomfortable, disagreeable, or even deeply offensive. The expression of criticism must respect the legal right of others to express themselves without serving to obstruct, censor, or otherwise interfere with the rights of others to hear those ideas.
Accreditation and Endorsements
The University of Wyoming, and all UW academic programs are accredited by The Higher Learning Commission, a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500, Chicago, IL 60604 or (800) 621-7440.
In addition, many individual academic programs are either approved, accredited or hold membership as indicated below.
Recognized or accredited by:
- ABET (formerly known as Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)
- Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc.
- Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
- Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
- American Alliance of Museums
- American Association of Professional Landman
- American Association of Vet Lab Diagnosticians
- American Bar Association
- American Chemical Society
- American Council for Construction Education (ACCE)
- American Dental Association
- American Psychological Association
- Association of American Law Schools
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation
- Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
- Computer Science Accreditation Commission (a participating body of ABET)
- Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
- Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology
- Council on Social Work Education
- International Association of Management Education
- National Association of Schools of Art and Design
- National Association of Schools of Music
- National Association for Sport & Physical Education - Accreditation
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
- National Council on Family Relations
- Society for Range Management
- Specialized Professional Association-Licensure K12 Physical Education
- Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board
Holds membership in:
- American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
- American Association of University Women
- American Council on Education
- American Society for Engineering Education
- Association for the Advancement of International Education
- Association of Academic Survey Research Organizations
- Association of American Colleges and Universities
- Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
- Council of Academic Deans from Research Education Institutions
- Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences
- Council of Graduate Schools
- Justice Research and Statistics Association
- Greater Western Library Alliance
- Associate of Public and Land Grant Universities
- National Network for Educational Renewal
- University Professional and Continuing Education Association
- Western Association of Graduate Schools
- Western Cooperative for Educational Technology
- Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
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