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MINUTES prepared by Lou Gross Approved at Nov. 11, 2002 meeting
Members Present: Davis, Dewey, Greenberg, Gross (Chair), Hedrick,
Mulkey, Reed
Members Absent: Davies, Lyons (on leave), Nugent, Reidy, Scheurer
I. CALL TO ORDER, 3:35pm
II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
Agenda was approved as distributed.
III. The minutes of the September 23, 2002 Committee meeting were
approved.
IV. Reports.
1. Gross presented a brief summary of the September 24 Executive
Planning and
Budget Committee meeting, mentioning specifically the difficulties
pointed
out by VP Dwayne McCay in obtaining accurate accounting information
on F&A
associated with research awards and the suggestion by Dr. McCay
to combine
pre- and post-award operations in one office. A summary of the possible
raise process for this year was also discussed, though no decisions
had
been reached.
2. Davis handed out a variety of new materials which summarized
both the
UT System and UTK Campus budgets for this year. Also included was
a glossary
of terms used in the documents. Discussion was held on several points
associated with these documents including: differences between different
units (e.g. UT Memphis generates $17M in Tuition and Fees while
receiving
$100M in State appropriations, which contrasts greatly with the
ratios
at other units); it was not clear when departments would get a revised
budget for this academic year; is there a place where money is "parked"
from year to year and if so where is it accounted for; where did
money
for new lines come from; if a unit doesn't spend all the money available
on salary raises, can it be used to create new faculty lines. It
was clear
that there is still a good deal of confusion among academic units
as to what
the available budgets are for operating expenses.
3. Reed gave a report on the activities of the F&A Task Force
and mentioned
several options the group is discussing on how F&A might be
distributed.
These include (a) a fixed amount to the General Fund and the remainder
distributed to generating units; (b) 60% to the General Fund and
40% to the
generating units (the basis of the GAO allocation). Regarding space,
F&A
recovery is possible to use on debt recovery for new buildings,
but they
do not advocate charging space on a square footage basis to contracts
as
is done at other universities. Regarding allocations, the group
prefers
flexibility at department level with some minimum allocated to PIs
and
some agreement as to exactly what items are covered by F&A centrally
and
at department level.
V. Old Business
1. Discussion of the Summer School policy statement and the various
responses was held and the Committee decided that a resolution should
be drafted, sent around to all members to consider before the full
Senate
meeting and President Combs should be notified that it was likely
a
recommendation from the Committee would be made at the Oct 21 Senate
meeting. A copy of the resolution which was later agreed upon by
e-mail
vote of the Committee is attached below.
2. A brief discussion of modifications of current procedures on
campus
related to financial matters that would help faculty excel was made
and
it was requested that Dean Michael Blackwell be informed about the
Committee's interest in the activities of the Streamlining Committee
he is chairing, and that he possibly be invited to a future meeting.
VI. New Business
none
VII. GOOD OF THE ORDER
none
VIII. ADJOURNMENT 5:20PM
Faculty Senate Resolution
October 21, 2002
Whereas shared governance and the bylaws of the Faculty Senate
call for
faculty involvement in decisions affecting academic policy and faculty
welfare;
Whereas the Faculty Senate was not involved in the recent changes
in summer
school policy;
Whereas these summer school policy changes impact faculty teaching
of
summer school courses and, hence, affect students who in some programs
must
enroll for summer courses and for which summer school can ensure
an earlier
graduation;
Whereas the University collects fees from students who enroll in
dissertation hours and faculty paid on a nine month basis are not
currently
compensated for student academic program committee duties during
the summer;
Whereas policies regarding faculty summer pay should be based upon
reasonable compensation and the consistent history of summer school
to
generate income for the University far above the associated direct
instructional costs;
Resolved, by the Faculty Senate of The University of Tennessee,
Knoxville
Campus, that:
1. All aspects of a new summer school policy shall be placed on
hold
until a task force, acting on established guidelines for shared
governance,
reviews the policy and makes recommendations for any changes;
2. This task force shall consist of at least an equal number of
faculty members as administrators;
3. Faculty members serving on the task force shall be recommended
by
the appropriate Faculty Senate committees or leaders;
4. Faculty pay for teaching in summer school shall be based upon
an appropriate percentage of the faculty member's regular salary,
rather
than limited by a single salary cap assigned for all; and
5. The task force is urged to consider possible policies to appropriately
compensate faculty members who are actively working on student committees
during the summer months for which they are not presently compensated.
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