A&S Planning and Budget Commmittee Minutes Jan 12 2000

Minutes: A&S Planning and Budget Commmittee

January 12, 2000

 

Members present: Bruce Adams, George Barnes, Bob Kimball, Wiley Williams, and Dean Willihnganz

Meeting brought to order 3:05 p.m.

Dean Willihnganz announced the State approved 2.4% budget increase for U of L. The 2.4% will be put in the raise pool. A 5% raise pool is desired. The president has asked for a 10-15% reallocation across the University. He wants the University to reprioritized. The Dean will make recommendations to the President/Provost and the President/Provost will send the recommendations to a committee that will study the results and make recommendations back to the President/Provost.

The reallocation is about 3 million dollars.

The committee asked the Dean question about the A&S Budget.

A&S budget is 93% salaries.

Lecture Lump Sum is 3 million dollars, which includes the plus 10% to 20%. Half the faculty has plus 10% or 20%. Half the Lecture Lump Sum is the plus 10% to 20%. Half the Lecture Lump Sum is the plus 10% to 10%

Number of Open Positions next year is 15.

A&S now has 20 Open Positions.

GTA lines are 188, which is about 2 million dollars.

The Dean will furnish the committee with the total S&E in the College.

The Dean will furnish the committee with an exact number of open lines.

The Dean will furnish the committee with the number of students in each class.

The Dean reported the Chairs responses to the 10 to 15 percent reallocations were anger, concern about the MA program, increase in teaching loads, inability to offer multiple tracks, under funding to the college and resentment of the Administration.

The Dean explained the Kentucky Council on Post Secondary Education will be here in March. She has asked for a report from Dr. Shapiro.

The Kentucky CPE will mandate MA have a graduate rate of no less than 5 and a BA a graduate rate of no less than 12. If a program falls below this figure admission to the program could be suspended.

The Dean suggested that the minimum class enrollment be strictly enforced. If a full-time professor's class is cancelled the professor would teach a class scheduled to be taught by a part-time professor. If there were no classes available in the professor's discipline the professor would teach an entry-level class in another A&S discipline.

The committee was asked to examine all the programs with an eye to making up the 10% cut and to generate a 5% raise pool. The committee was asked to keep in mind the Challenge for excellence. The committee was asked to make a report to the Dean by the first of February.