Effective June 12, 2024 as an interim rule and approved as a final rule June 24, 2024, the University created Rule R7-001A: Prohibition of Participation in Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs to comply with the CHIPS and Science Act of of 2022, which prohibits federal agencies from providing funding or making an award of a fundamental research project proposal in which a covered individual is participating in a malign foreign talent recruitment program.

Effective May 17, 2024, the University revised Policies 6-303: Reviews of Tenure-line Faculty Members (RPT Criteria, Standards, & Procedures) and 6-321: Tenured Faculty Reviews (TFR) for compliance with recent changes to state law. The updates to Policy 6-303 include adding protection of academic freedom and President consultation with the Board of Trustees in award of tenure cases. The additions to Policy 6-321 include adding the protection of academic freedom and the minimum TFR file requirements. Finalization of these interim policies will go through the normal policy review and approval process in the next academic year.

Effective May 14, 2024, the University revised Policy 6-101: Undergraduate Studies and Degrees to allow for portfolio-based assessment of prior learning.

Effective April 9, 2024, the University revised the following leaves of absence regulations have been updated and approved: Policy 5-201 and Rule R5-201A, Policy 5-202, and Policy 6-314. In addition, the University created three new rules: Rule R6-314A: Faculty Sabbatical Leaves Rule R6-314B: Administrator Leave for Administrators with Tenure-line or Career-line Faculty Appointments Rule R6-314C: Leaves of Absence without Pay and Leaves of Absence with Partial Pay Changes to these regulations were made to alleviate pain points and to reduce misinformation. Updates include centralizing faculty leaves, removing duplicate information, to separating certain faculty leave types into new rules for easy access, renaming administrative leave to administrator leave, editing and reorganizing language to improve clarity and flow, removing outdated practices and requirements, and simplifying procedures. In addition, eligibility for administrator and sabbatical leaves have been clarified and the partially paid leave of absence had been added to regulations.

Effective April 9, 2024, the University created Policy 3-163: Trademark Use and Licensing. This new policy formalizes operational guidelines around trademark licensing to align with federal law and industry best practices.