{"id":14428,"date":"2016-08-15T09:48:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T14:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/regents?page_id=14428&#038;preview_id=14428"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:47:00","slug":"resolutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/regents\/resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolutions Adopted by the Board of Regents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-build-14428\" class=\"cfct-build grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-notice\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"alert alert-danger cfct-mod-content\"><p>Links to resolutions adopted in 1991 or earlier are currently unavailable due to a website update.  Meeting minutes for this time period can be manually searched at: https:\/\/search.library.wisc.edu\/digital\/AUWBoR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-tabs-accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title \">The Board of Regents resolutions are a searchable database of Board actions dating to the time of the merger that created the University of Wisconsin System.<\/h3>    <div class=\"bs-accordion  bs-accordion-min\">\n        <div id=\"1fjuj\" class=\"panel-group\">\n        \n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_to-search-the-database\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_to-search-the-database\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#to-search-the-database\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"to-search-the-database\">To Search the Database<\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"to-search-the-database\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_to-search-the-database\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <p>Use the text fields and drop-down menus near the top of each column.\u00a0 Text fields are not case sensitive:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Resolution number: \u00a0<\/strong>To search by resolution number, type the number.\u00a0 Resolutions are assigned permanent numbers soon after adoption.<\/li><li><strong>Resolution category:<\/strong>\u00a0 To search by resolution category, select a category from the drop-down menu.<\/li><li><strong>Resolution description:<\/strong>\u00a0 To search resolution descriptions, type keyword(s).\u00a0 (The full text can be found in the meeting minutes.)<\/li><li><strong>Affected institution:<\/strong>\u00a0 The UW System institution(s) affected by the resolution are denoted.\u00a0 To search by affected institutions, type the name of the institution without the \u201cUW-\u201d prefix.\u00a0 For example, type \u201cMadison\u201d for UW-Madison, or \u201cExtension\u201d for UW-Extension.<\/li><li><strong>Adoption date: \u00a0<\/strong>To search by adoption date, type the date in YYYY-MM-DD format.\u00a0 For example, type:<ul><li>\u201c2010-02-05\u201d to search for resolutions adopted on February 5, 2010.<\/li><li>\u201c2010\u201d to search for all resolutions adopted in 2010.<\/li><li>\u201c-02-\u201d to search for all resolutions adopted in the month of February during any year.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Meeting Location:<\/strong>\u00a0 To search by meeting location, select a location from the drop-down menu.<\/li><li><strong>Committee of Origin:<\/strong>\u00a0 To search by committee of origin, select a committee from the drop-down menu.\u00a0 Select \u201cN\/A\u201d for resolutions that did not originate in a committee.<\/li><\/ul><p>To sort results alphabetically or numerically, click on the heading of any column; click again to reverse the order.\u00a0 To change the order in which columns are displayed, click and drag a column header to the left or right.<\/p><p>The database links to the minutes for the meeting during which the resolution was adopted. \u00a0For resolutions adopted since 1992, the database notes the page number at which the full text of the resolution can be found.\u00a0 Older resolutions link directly to the relevant page. \u00a0Additional information about a resolution may be included elsewhere in the minutes.\u00a0 (Alternatively, minutes can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/regents\/meetingmaterials\/\">Meeting Materials<\/a>\u00a0page.)<\/p>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_advanced-searches\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_advanced-searches\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#advanced-searches\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"advanced-searches\">Advanced Searches<\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"advanced-searches\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_advanced-searches\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <p>Click on the magnifying glass icon in the upper left corner of the database to perform more complex searches.\u00a0 Examples:<\/p><p><strong>Search for resolutions affecting multiple institutions\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>To search for resolutions that affected both UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee:<\/p><ul><li>Set the search type to \u201call\u201d<\/li><li>Use the following filters:<ol><li>\u201cAffected Institution\u201d \u201ccontains\u201d \u201cMadison\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cAffected Institution\u201d \u201ccontains\u201d \u201cMilwaukee\u201d<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Resolutions from more than one committee<\/strong><\/p><p>To search for resolutions that could have 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