Faculty Market Adjustments Fiscal Year 20042005

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Faculty Market AdjustmentsFiscal Year 2004/2005

• Faculty Senate Executive Committee
• February 9, 2005

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Background

• UNT responds to CUPA-HR survey
• National Faculty Salary Survey by discipline
  rank in 4 yr colleges/univ
• Data reported based on CIP (classification of
  instructional programs) code
• IRA took subset of data for Texas Tech,
  University of Texas at Arlington, and University
  of Houston (defined by THECB as peer institutions
  Emerging Research Institutions)

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Background (cont)

• Findings from subset for FY04 UNT faculty
  underpaid - 4,007,406 across disciplines
  ranks (Full, Associate Assistant Professors)
• Provost Johnson got 1,452,000 to address
  findings in FY05
• Addresses 36 of the problem
• Requesting New Initiative funding for FY06 to
  continue addressing the findings

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Allocation to Colleges/Schools

• Allocate pool based on headcount while reserving
  a portion of each units allocation to address
  special needs
• Decision finalized 11/3/04

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Criteria for Awarding Market

• Used Deans meeting to discuss criteria for
  awarding market on 9/29/04.
• Market Adjustment Eligibility Recommendation
  Discussion Points worksheet decision finalized
  10/13/04

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Eligibility Guidelines for Submission

• Tenured/Tenure-Track faculty only
• No administrative responsibilities rewarded with
  this money
• Required justifications for each submissions
• Consider CUPA subset data, but other data may
  also be appropriate
• No ceiling on award amounts or faculty salaries
• Length of employment not considered

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Charge to Deans

• Solidify core faculty
• Recognize, reward and retain productive core
  faculty

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Approval Process

• Recommendations should include all supporting
  documentation/data justifying the adjustment
• Provost will meet with each Dean to discuss
  recommendations special needs, if needed
• Iterative process with Deans

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Results are in!

• Reviewed by President Pohl VP Diebel
• Deans notified on Saturday, Feb. 5th
• 249 of 743 (34) tenured/tenure-track faculty
  received adjustments (excluding Librarians)
• Awards range from 500 - 29,650
• 13 of 48 (27) Librarians received adjustments
  (from separate pool of money)
• All awards are retroactive to 9/1/2004

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Next Steps

• Requesting additional funding for FY06 to
  continue the salary adjustments for faculty
• Market adjustments does not and will not replace
  merit programs
• During next round (if approved), the criteria for
  awards and allocation method to colleges will be
  revisited