University Governance

FY-11 FACULTY COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

Approved by FacEx: 05/18/10
Approved by Faculty Senate:  9/9/10

• Contact FacEx chair Barbara Phipps (phipps@ku.edu) for further information or to schedule a meeting with FacEx to discuss recommendations for action on the charges.
• Minutes of each meeting should be e-mailed to the Governance Office (govern@ku.edu) as soon as they are approved.  The minutes will be posted to the Governance web site.
• If the committee is recommending a change to university policy or rules, FacEx must officially receive that recommendation by 03/09/11 in order to meet timeline requirements for full review by Governance.
• A final report on the committee’s actions on each of the charges, as well as the committee’s recommendations for FY 12 charges and membership, should be e-mailed to the Governance Office (govern@ku.edu) by 04/01/11.

Standing charges:

1. Monitor the level and distribution of faculty salaries to identify issues and concerns.  Report issues, problems, and recommendations to FacEx (ongoing).

2. Continue the cooperative communication between the Chairs of the Planning and Resources and Faculty Compensation committees to facilitate coordination on issues of mutual concern.  Report issues and recommendations to FacEx (ongoing).

Specific charges:

1. Gather data and create a report on the impact of the severe budget constraints in the past two years on the recruitment and retention of faculty members.  Consider, among other issues, pay levels and increases, or lack of them, in retaining faculty members who have job offers outside KU.  Attempt to gain insight into the question, “To what extent are we losing current and potential faculty and what, if anything, is being done to recruit and retain talented individuals?”  Report to FacEx by February 1, 2011.