{"id":2938,"date":"2026-02-02T16:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/?post_type=library&#038;p=2938"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:34:11","slug":"definition","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/complaints\/definition\/","title":{"rendered":"111.01 &#8211; Definition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>A complaint is an allegation by persons other than the academic staff member\u2019s supervisor(s), including administrators, students, other academic staff, faculty, university staff, or member of the public concerning the conduct of an academic staff member that is not serious enough to warrant dismissal proceedings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-2655\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/complaints\/\">Chapter 111 \u2013 Complaints<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/complaints\/definition\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">111.01 \u2013 Definition<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/complaints\/review-of-complaints\/\">111.02 \u2013 Review of Complaints<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/complaints\/investigation-and-hearing-of-complaints\/\">111.03 \u2013 Investigation and Hearing of Complaints<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1287,"parent":2935,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-2938","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>111.01 - Definition - Policy Library<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/complaints\/definition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"111.01 - Definition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/complaints\/definition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Policy Library\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-02T22:34:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/complaints\\\/definition\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/complaints\\\/definition\\\/\",\"name\":\"111.01 - Definition - Policy Library\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-02T22:33:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-02T22:34:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/complaints\\\/definition\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/complaints\\\/definition\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/complaints\\\/definition\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chapter 111 &#8211; 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