University Policy Office

Following is a list of the "Top 20" policies of interest to faculty and academic staff at Cornell University.  This is not an exhaustive list.  More policies are available by browsing policy volumes or searching our Policy Subjects Index.  Consult the Academic Personnel Policy Office for more general academic policies.

• Academic Misconduct
• Business Expenses
  
• Care and Use of Animals in Teaching and Research
• Charging Directly to Sponsored Projects Costs that are Normally Considered Indirect
• Code of Academic Integrity
• Conflicts
• Copyright
• Cost Sharing
• Establishment of College-level Academic Employee Grievance Procedures
  
• Facilities Use in Research
  
• Financial Irregularities
• Graduate and Professional Student Parental Accommodation
  
• Graduate Student Assistantships
• Human Subjects in Research
  
• Inventions and Related Property Rights
  
• Laboratory Safety
  
• Leaves for Professors and Academic Staff
• Prohibited Discrimination, Protected Status (Including Sexual) Harassment, and Bias Activity
  
• Standards of Ethical Conduct
• University Travel