January 20, 2004, 8:30 am., UW1 211B
Present: Colin Danby, Patricia Kelley, Andrea Kovalesky, Sandeep Krishnamurthy, Mike Stiber, Jane Van Galen, Barbara Van Sant and Linda Watts
Guests: Taylor Webb and James Burton
Linda announced that the vote on the motion by the EC to approve the Business proposal of the MIS Concentration was unanimous.
Resources/Opportunity Equity for Faculty
Taylor Webb presented data to the EC on salary structure and distribution at UWB across programs. His report initiated a discussion on salary, resource and opportunity inequities for faculty at UWB. The UWB faculty salary distribution structure reflects relative inequities across programs. Comparisons of average salaries institutionally with UWS and UWT also highlight inequities, with UWB's full, associate and assistant professors falling below both institutions in almost all programs. These disparities have become critical and the impact is widely felt. Some issues that have been identified are:
These issues and others continue to grow. The UW Accreditation Report and the AAUP Report show that faculty salary concerns are a significant problem and remain a major issue. To realize change, UWB should make a serious commitment to addressing this situation and integrate policies into institution building that work toward solutions. The faculty job satisfaction survey demonstrated that support for research and rectifying salary inequities are among the priorities that faculty set highest for this campus. Different programs may require different solutions, the faculty needs to frame the principles that will work toward resolution.
Some options discussed were:
Action required from the Executive Council:
Draft a statement outlining institutional salary policies and equity adjustments, internally within departments and externally within UW and peer institutions. Jane and Andrea will draft the statement.
Sandeep updated the EC on the Distinguished Lecture status. It has been confirmed that budget resources of $4000.00 for the biennium will be allocated to the GFO for the Distinguished Lecture. It is now up to the EC to decide if a yearly or biennial event should be presented.
Motion: A two week consultation period will take place to make a decision on this year's event.
Faculty Workload
Linda informed the EC that Jane Decker is constituting a task force to address faculty workload. Linda is calling on the GFO to take a proactive role on this task force and to partner with the Vice Chancellor to focus our effort on this matter. A meaningful goal for the GFO would be to gather information on the implications on workload of responsibilities that are not outlined on a teaching schedule:
EC and GFO can help to position the new Vice Chancellor to understand the significance of shared governance at UWB and become aware of important faculty issues.
Minutes submitted by Barbara Van Sant
