Managing Higher Education Records

Records Retention...

• State Government General v.6.3 (Oct 2024)
• Central Washington University v.1.10 (Oct 2024)
• Community & Technical Colleges v.2.1 (Dec 2022)
• Eastern Washington University v.1.4 (Oct 2023)
• Law Enforcement v.8.0 (Feb 2022)
• The Evergreen State College v.1.0 (Dec 2015)
• University of Washington v.2.31 (Feb 2025)
• U.W. Medicine v.2.2 (Feb 2025)
• Washington State University v.1.9 (Feb 2025)
• Western Washington University v.3.3 (Jun 2021)
• More Help with Records Retention...
  • Examples of Common Records with Minimal Retention
• Updating Records Retention Schedules

How to...

• Go Paperless ("Scan & Toss")
• Use the State Records Center Warehouse
• Destroy Non-Archival Records
• Transfer Archival Records

Need Help With...

• Where Do I Start?
  • Appointing an Agency Records Officer
  • Getting Training
  • Basics of Managing Community and Technical College Records Training
• Improving Records Management in Your Agency
• Disasters...
  • How to Prepare
  • How to Respond
  • Security Microfilm
• Getting Records Scanned by Imaging Services
• Creating Policies and Procedures
• Inventorying Records
• Organizing Records

Need Help Managing...

• Board/Committee Meeting Records

• Community College Club Records

• Construction Records

• Electronic Records...

• Financial Records

• Human Resource/Personnel Records

• Information Security/Privacy

• Payroll Records

• Public Records Requests

• Student Emails