Institutional Memberships in Professional Organizations


Institutional memberships in professional organizations are frequently of value to the University of Delaware. Such organizations provide valuable journals, newsletters, information and consulting services, and professional meetings with reduced charges to members. For these reasons, administrative and academic offices and the University as a whole can justify reasonable institutional membership in professional organizations, though funds for this purpose must be weighed against other academic needs.

Academic and professional offices that can give high academic priority to professional associations and show them to be of substantial benefit to the operation of the office may, with approval, charge these to their regular supplies and expense budget, though no new budgetary allocations can be made for this purpose. Upon application for a new membership or upon the first renewal of an existing membership, a statement indicating the benefits to the unit and to the University should be presented in writing to the dean or director and to the Provost or the appropriate vice president for approval. Subsequent renewals are assumed to be automatically approved.

Professional memberships, both organizational and individual, may be reimbursed from the annual allocation of Discretionary Funds approved for deans and senior administrative officers.

Memberships that benefit the University as a whole, as distinct from an academic or professional office, are authorized through the Office of the President.

The University Controller will monitor expenditures for association dues to determine compliance with this policy.

(Rev. 6/5/89)



March 22, 1995