Approved by FacEx
6/24/04
Approved by FacEx:
6/26/02
Revised 9/3/02
Standing Charges
1. Provide leadership to create and
maintain a Faculty Services Office that establishes a forum for the discussion
of issues pertinent to faculty compensation.
These should include, but not be limited to, the question of preference
for continuing the “merit only” system for salary increments. The new Faculty Services Office should: 1)
open faculty compensation issues to faculty input and debate through
e-discussions and occasional face-to-face meetings, 2) solicit recommendations
from faculty regarding compensation-related issues, 3) investigate inducements
other than salaries to lure and secure new faculty, and 4) address health care
costs and compensations.
2. Consider
and make a recommendation regarding a University policy that would allow paid
leave for maternity/paternity. This
recommendation should be submitted to FacEx by March 1, 2005.
3. Address
the cost-benefit of tuition waivers for family members of KU employees,
including assessing the extent to which peer universities have this benefit and
the relative fairness to single faculty or faculty without children or those
who are not in need of this benefit. How do other institutions that have this
benefit deal with this issue? (Please invite a representative from UPSA and
from the Classified Senate to participate in the discussion of this
charge.)
4. Continue cooperative communication between
the Chairs of the Planning and Resources and Faculty
Compensation committees to
facilitate coordination on issues of mutual concern.
Additional Charges
5. Consult with the Provost to create a
Faculty Service Office as a separate office or as part of an existing
one
with the aim of effecting tasks listed in Standing Charge 1, above. Discuss
staffing for this office.
6. Recommend to Faculty Council and/or
Senex endorsement of the Faculty Services Office as a forum for
discussion
and action on faculty compensation concerns at KU.