Faculty Senate Financial Advisory Committee 2005-06 Preliminary Report April 17, 2006

1. Faculty Senate Financial Advisory Committee 2005-06 Preliminary Report April 17, 2006

2. Committee Members • Uche Ewelukwa—LAW • Luke Howard—AFLS • Tim Kruse—WCOB • Phyllis Miller—ARSC • Buddy Babcock—ENGR • Robert Brady—ARSC • Judy Brittenum—ARCH • Ro DiBrezzo—EDUC

3. Relative Size of Full-Time Faculty & Non-Classified Staff1

4. Definitions • Number of full-time faculty is a head count including Instructors and Lecturers as defined by the AAUP study. In FY06, 22 individuals are classified as part-time faculty. • Upper-level, full-time administrators were assigned to the following groups: • Category 1 President, Chancellor, Provost, and Vice Chancellors (7 positions) • Category 2 Associate Vice Chancellors and Associate Vice-Provosts (13—only 11 were “continuing” from FY05 to FY06) • Category 3 Deans (11 positions—only 8 were “continuing” from FY05 to FY06)

5. Faculty Salaries2– Regional BenchmarkingUofAavg/SUGavg 1000’s $

6. UofAavg Faculty Salaries3 Men/Women 1000’s $

7. UofAavg Faculty Salaries4 by Rank and College $─FY05

8. UofAavg Faculty Salaries4 by Rank and College $─FY06

9. UofAavg Administrator Salaries5 1000’s $

10. UofAavg Faculty % Changes6

11. UofAavg Administrator7 % Raises

12. UAF Reallocation8 Process • Procedure continued from FY05 as central feature of Budget Hearings: • 16 major campus units made budget proposal presentations • 12 units were asked to indicate where current FY budget could be cut by 2% • Units were also asked to indicate funding priorities if 1%, 2% or 3% was returned • Units could also make “special requests” for new monies to fund special projects or important initiatives • Faculty representatives were present at each presentation. • Units were expected to develop a rationale for the targeted cuts reflecting the unit’s priorities. • Reallocation permits the University’s upper administration to respond to demands based on enrollment growth (22,500 students by 2010) and other pressing needs.

13. UAF Reallocation Process (cont) • Reallocated monies from the academic units go to the Provost for subsequent redistribution to the Colleges. • Few Deans share with the faculty their college’s proposed 2% cuts (because over 95% of most unit’s budgets are devoted to personnel costs, these cuts almost inevitably involve personnel reductions) prior to the budget hearings. • The reallocation process will likely continue.

14. Units Participating in FY06 Budget Hearings Finance and Administration Graduate and Research Honors College Law Libraries Men’s and Women’s Athletics Student Affairs University Advancement Academic Affairs Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences Affirmative Action Architecture Arts and Sciences Business College Education and Health Professions Engineering

15. FY05-FY06 Academic Budget Unit9 Changes

16. FY05-06 Conclusions and Recommendations • The number of full-time faculty decreased (797 to 787). • The number of full-time faculty is the lowest since a high of 813 in FY01 (787 vs. 813). • The number of non-classified administrative staff continues to increase and in FY06 surpassed the number of faculty (795 vs. 787). • Administrator % salary raises have consistently exceeded the yearly merit % raise pool provided for faculty.

17. FY05-06 Conclusions and Recommendations, cont. • The 2% reallocation procedure continues but is widely misunderstood. • Budget Unit changes appear to show little, if any, relationship to the reallocation process. • Deans should communicate their budget requests and proposed cuts to their college’s faculty. • If reallocation continues, the outcomes (where cuts were made, where monies were added) should be shared with the campus faculty.