Minute of Faculty Senate meeting held at 12:30 pm on 13th November 2017 Update from Ron Matson Ron needs the name of chairs for all Review committees (P&T) by April not by the fall. Otherwise, the lack of names will delay the P&T process. KSU is working to replace DM with Explorance Blue (student feedback) and Interfolio (faculty activity). The new set up will be easier to use and support. DM is not supporting course feedback. KSU will ensure to migrate data to Interfolio from DM. There are three Senators on the committee. Faculty Liaison Reports Faculty Liaisons are to put send Reports to FS Secretary or upload in OneDrive folder. Previous Minutes The Senate approved the previous meeting’s minute from October. Elimination of e-tuition Ken Harmon talked about undergraduate e-tuition halving in Fall 18 and going away in Fall 19. This could cost KSU $5m each year in lost income. However, there could be no decisions on any cuts until KSU got their 18/19 budget and ordinary tuition levels from USG in April or May. KSU then would look at its entire budget not just academics. He was not optimistic about keeping online tuition surcharges for graduate course in the long run, which brings in another $5m a year in income. Equity Issues Ken Harmon stated that there has been an external review of external equity of faculty, which said previous study was questionable. Also, there did not appear to be any sources to pay for external equity. So, KSU decided to look at only internal equity (inversion or compression) for staff and faculty. This study would be finished soon, hopefully by January 18. There could be no backdating of equity payments. The Deans, directors, and chairs would examine study and recommend
Minute of Faculty Senate meeting held at 12:30 pm on 13th November 2017 Update from Ron Matson Ron needs the name of chairs for all Review committees (P&T) by April not by the fall. Otherwise, the lack of names will delay the P&T process. KSU is working to replace DM with Explorance Blue (student feedback) and Interfolio (faculty activity). The new set up will be easier to use and support. DM is not supporting course feedback. KSU will ensure to migrate data to Interfolio from DM. There are three Senators on the committee. Faculty Liaison Reports Faculty Liaisons are to put send Reports to FS Secretary or upload in OneDrive folder. Previous Minutes The Senate approved the previous meeting’s minute from October. Elimination of e-tuition Ken Harmon talked about undergraduate e-tuition halving in Fall 18 and going away in Fall 19. This could cost KSU $5m each year in lost income. However, there could be no decisions on any cuts until KSU got their 18/19 budget and ordinary tuition levels from USG in April or May. KSU then would look at its entire budget not just academics. He was not optimistic about keeping online tuition surcharges for graduate course in the long run, which brings in another $5m a year in income. Equity Issues Ken Harmon stated that there has been an external review of external equity of faculty, which said previous study was questionable. Also, there did not appear to be any sources to pay for external equity. So, KSU decided to look at only internal equity (inversion or compression) for staff and faculty. This study would be finished soon, hopefully by January 18. There could be no backdating of equity payments. The Deans, directors, and chairs would examine study and recommend
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