Faculty Affairs Committee Meeting

Faculty Affairs Committee Meeting

October 11, 2006

Present: R. Byrnes, S. Starkovich, W. Shore, M. Ellard-Ivey, A. Leon-Guerrero, R. Kaufman

Guests: Sheri Tonn and Erin McKenna

Business:

1. Anna reported on FEC’s response to the FAC independent study recommendations. The committee prepared for the presentation that would begin a 25-minute discussion at the Faculty Assembly Meeting on Friday, October 13^th.

2. The committee met with Sheri Tonn and Erin McKenna to discuss the subcommittee’s draft of the Philosophy of Compensation. The committee agreed that the preface should be expanded upon, using language that better articulates (with the Board of Regents in mind in large part as audience) the University’s dependence on a strong, long-term, full-time faculty. Sheri noted the importance of being explicit in regard to the third bullet on being competitive with other universities. The committee discussed ways of identifying a group of peer institutions against which to measure our compensation packages. The committee also agreed to recast the fourth bullet point in terms of tenure and promotion. The committee also considered adding a bullet point to address the faculty’s dependence on staff and administrators and the need to be sensitive to those salaries as well. The committee decided to hold off on revising the draft until meeting with Patricia Killen on October 13^th.

3. Sheri Tonn said that the numbers on enrollment and financial aid were being worked with to see if the 1 – 2 percent mid-year raise (proposed by President Anderson in February and followed up by FAC in September) would happen.

Meeting adjourned at 10:29 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Rona Kaufman

FAC Secretary

Next meeting: October 13^th from 4:15 – 4:00 in the Provost’s Conference Room