Many educational institutions have separate handbooks for each constituency, including students, faculty, and staff. It isn’t easy to reconcile these documents when they intersect and are administered independently by multiple departments. Each handbook offers at least one disciplinary system for rule enforcement, but all must contain similar elements and may require coordination with other policies and procedures when different constituencies are involved.
Instead of struggling to reconcile overlapping and incompatible processes, TNG consultants offer a handbook review and revision service to ensure that all handbooks contain consistent information, align with institutional policies and procedures, embrace risk management, ensure compliance, and do not conflict with other identified procedures. This revision process ensures that the organization’s manuals are current, clearly communicated, and enforceable.
Learning Outcomes:
- Deciding when policies can be combined.
- Deciding which constituencies should be involved in the review process.
- Deciding the scope of policies.
- Deciding which procedures need updating/modification.
- Ensuring the new policies are approved/implemented.
- Ensuring new policies are disseminated.