Policy Manual – Academic Calendars

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
302 Academic Calendars

Effective: 4/8/71
Last Revised: 3/23/98; 7/14/25
Responsible Office: Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs

Policy Statement:

In keeping with nationwide best practices and to assist multi-campus students, students in collaborative programs, distance education students, and faculty teaching at multiple campuses and sites, the University of Maine System has adopted a common academic calendar.  With conformity among calendars, the more easily students can move among UMS institutions internal operations involving students (e.g. billing and financial aid) can function with more efficiency. The Board of Trustees delegates to the Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs the responsibility for the development of the academic calendar.

Related Documents:

Administrative Procedures for Submission and Approval of Academic Calendars (To Be Updated)