The annual academic calendar will be constructed in accordance with state law, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, and the principles of the Academic Calendar Policy.
Academic Holidays mean neither instruction and classes are held, nor are assignments made due, on the academic holiday. If an instructor has made an assignment due on an academic holiday, then it actually is not due until instruction and classes begin after the end of the academic holiday. Official University holidays shall be treated as academic holidays are Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day following Thanksgiving Day, Martin Luther King's birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, the December holiday period, and Election Day in presidential election years.
A policy where scope of enforcement primarily affects the faculty members alone.
Operational guidelines that apply institutional-wide and require approval only from University Counsel and the President.
Academic year means a period of time that is at least thirty (30) weeks in length, counting periods of time (terms) that begin on the first day of classes (instruction) and end on the last day of classes (instruction) or examinations.
Instructional days mean any weekday, Monday through Friday, in which classes are in session.
Instructional time consists of scheduled class time spent in direct instruction, assessment, and evaluation where undergraduate or graduate students are expected to be actively engaged in a learning activity facilitated by the instructor on record. Instructional time does not include periods of orientation, counseling, homework, vacation, holidays, or other activity not related to class preparation or examination.
A week of instructional time for purposes of the definition of academic semester and academic year, a week of instructional time is any period of seven consecutive days in which at least one day of regularly scheduled instruction, examination, or (after the last day of classes) at least one scheduled day of examination occurs.
This is a provisional Policy issued when a University Policy is needed before the standard process can be completed. An Interim Policy must carry an expiration date and will be allowed to expire without additional action, be extended one more time for a specified period upon special permission from the President, or be replaced by a standard University Policy.
Semester is a synonym for an academic term or period, either of the two usually eighteen (18) week periods of instruction into which an academic year is often divided at a college or university.