  {"id":165,"date":"2015-01-19T21:40:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T03:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:25:13","slug":"academic-staff-appointments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/academic-staff-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Staff Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>51ÁÔÆæ academic staff are professional and administrative employees with duties and types of appointments that are primarily associated with higher education and its administration. Subject to the responsibilities and powers of the Board of Regents, the President of the UW System, and the chancellor and faculty of the institution, academic staff are active participants in the immediate governance of and policy development for the institution. Under Wis. Stat. \u00a7 36.09(4m), academic staff members have the primary responsibility for the formulation and review of all policies and procedures concerning academic staff members, including academic staff personnel matters. Similar to the faculty, academic staff members have the right to organize themselves in a manner they determine and to select their representatives to participate in institutional governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/legal-topics\/academic-staff-appointments\/\">Overview from UW System General Counsel\u2019s Office<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion\" data-accordion-prefix-classes=\"uwm\" data-accordion-cool-selectors=\"1\"><button class=\"uwm-p-accordion--toggle-button size-p-md\">Expand All<\/button>\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">Key 51ÁÔÆæ Policies Relating to Academic Staff<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies\/as\/\">51ÁÔÆæ Academic Staff Personnel Policies &amp; Procedures<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/policies\/instructional-academic-staff-workload\/\">Guidance on Teaching Academic Staff Workload<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/emerit-status-faculty-academic-staff-university-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">51ÁÔÆæ Policy on Emerit Status: SAAP 7-5<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/personnel-files\/\">51ÁÔÆæ Personnel File Policy: SAAP 13-3<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/as\/\">51ÁÔÆæ Secretary of the University\u2019s Resources on Academic Staff Governance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">Wisconsin Administrative Code Provisions Relating to Academic Staff<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/code\/admin_code\/uws\/1.pdf\">Chapter UWS 1: Definition of Terms [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/code\/admin_code\/uws\/8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter UWS 8: Unclassified Staff Code of Ethics [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/code\/admin_code\/uws\/9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter UWS 9: Academic Staff Rules: Coverage and Delegation [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/code\/admin_code\/uws\/10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter UWS 10: Academic Staff Appointments [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/code\/admin_code\/uws\/11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter UWS 11: Dismissal of Academic Staff for Cause [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/code\/admin_code\/uws\/12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter UWS 12: Layoff of Academic Staff for Reasons of Budget\/Program [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/code\/admin_code\/uws\/13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter UWS 13: Complaints and Grievances [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">Wisconsin Statutes Provisions Relating to Academic Staff<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/statutes\/statutes\/36.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin Statutes \u00a7 36.09(4m): Responsibilities of Academic Staff [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/statutes\/statutes\/36.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin Statutes \u00a7 36.15: Academic Staff Appointments [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>51ÁÔÆæ academic staff are professional and administrative employees with duties and types of appointments that are primarily associated with higher education and its administration. 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