Advise the Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects of any change to the research procedures for a project as soon as a change is made, and submit a new Application for Ethical Review if the Committee decides the change or a series or changes is substantial enough to warrant a new approval process. Copies of these standards and guidelines are available from the Secretary of the Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects. Follow all procedures established by legislation, this policy, and the Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects. This Committee exercises the authority of the President in matters concerning research on human subjects and is responsible to the President in all matters concerning research involving human subjects under the aegis of the University-College. The Committee has the authority to make the rules and regulations necessary to implement this policy, including the authority to delegate to departments or areas the responsibility to carry out and approve the ethical review of student projects that are conducted under faculty supervision as part of an approved University-College course.
Research means any gathering of information from or about human subjects.
This includes physical, sociological, or psychological tests and measurements, survey research, non-intrusive systematic observation, and the study of recorded data from previous studies, databases, and archives, in which it is possible to identify living individuals. If there is any doubt about whether an ethical review is required, the researcher should check with the Chair of the Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects. Questionnaires concerning teaching performance or course content distributed to a class by instructors, deans or others. Research conducted by the office of Institutional Research and Planning, or by others authorized by a member of the Executive, where such research is conducted to meet external reporting requirements or to facilitate the management of the institution. Any course, research project, or other activity which begins without the required approval, or which deviates from the approved Application, can be suspended by Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects, or its Chair, acting on behalf of the President.