{"id":2606,"date":"2025-08-06T14:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/?page_id=2606"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:20:41","slug":"policy-hierarchy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Hierarchy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/statutes\/prefaces\/toc\">WI State Statutes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/code\/admin_code\">Administrative Code<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/regents\/policies\/\">Board of Regents Policy Documents<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uw-policies\/uw-system-administrative-policies\/\">UW System Administrative Policies and Procedures<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>51ÁÔÆæ Policies\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/selected-academic-administrative-policies\/\">Selected Academic &amp; Administrative Policies (SAAPs)<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Administrative Policies\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/\">Academic Affairs<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/schools-colleges\/\">School\/College Administrative Policies<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Department Policies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/business-financial-services\/bfs-policies\/\">Business &amp; Financial Services<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/policies\/\">Human Resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/policies\/\">Information Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/faculty\/\">Faculty Policies &amp; Procedures<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/?cat=faculty\">Faculty Documents<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/faculty-senate\/\">Faculty Senate<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/university-committee\/\">University Committee<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/standing-committees\/\">Faculty Standing Committees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/academic-staff\/\">Academic Staff Personnel Policies &amp; Procedures<\/a> and Academic Staff Documents\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/academic-staff\/academic-staff-senate\/\">Academic Staff Senate<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/academic-staff\/academic-staff-committee\/\">Academic Staff Committee<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/academic-staff\/standing-committees\/\">Academic Staff Standing Committees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/university-staff\/\">University Staff Policies &amp; Procedures<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/university-staff\/university-staff-senate\/\">University Staff Senate<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/university-staff\/university-staff-committee\/\">University Staff Committee<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/university-staff\/standing-committees\/\">University Staff Governance Committees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Student Policies\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/deanofstudents\/\">Dean of Students<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentassociation\/\">Student Association<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1700\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/751\/2025\/07\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020.png\" alt=\"Flowchart depicting the organizational hierarchy of policies at 51ÁÔÆæ.\" class=\"wp-image-2607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/751\/2025\/07\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020.png 2200w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/751\/2025\/07\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/751\/2025\/07\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020-1024x791.png 1024w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/751\/2025\/07\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/751\/2025\/07\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020-1536x1187.png 1536w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/751\/2025\/07\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020-2048x1583.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2200px) 100vw, 2200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-2606","page","type-page","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>Secretary of the University<\/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\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Policy Hierarchy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Secretary of the University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-03T16:20:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/751\/2025\/07\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/policies-procedures\\\/policy-hierarchy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/policies-procedures\\\/policy-hierarchy\\\/\",\"name\":\"Policy Hierarchy - Secretary of the University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/policies-procedures\\\/policy-hierarchy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/policies-procedures\\\/policy-hierarchy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/751\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-06T19:22:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-03T16:20:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/policies-procedures\\\/policy-hierarchy\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/policies-procedures\\\/policy-hierarchy\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/policies-procedures\\\/policy-hierarchy\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/751\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/751\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020.png\",\"width\":2200,\"height\":1700,\"caption\":\"Flowchart depicting the organizational hierarchy of policies at 51ÁÔÆæ.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/policies-procedures\\\/policy-hierarchy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Policies &amp; Procedures\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/policies-procedures\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Policy Hierarchy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/\",\"name\":\"Secretary of the University\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Secretary of the University","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Policy Hierarchy","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/","og_site_name":"Secretary of the University","article_modified_time":"2025-09-03T16:20:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2200,"height":1700,"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/751\/2025\/07\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/","name":"Policy Hierarchy - Secretary of the University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/751\/2025\/07\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020.png","datePublished":"2025-08-06T19:22:10+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-03T16:20:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/751\/2025\/07\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/751\/2025\/07\/Policy-HierarchyFebruary-2020.png","width":2200,"height":1700,"caption":"Flowchart depicting the organizational hierarchy of policies at 51ÁÔÆæ."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/policy-hierarchy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Policies &amp; Procedures","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Policy Hierarchy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/","name":"Secretary of the University","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 21:46:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6343,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2606\/revisions\/6343"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}