SPRING 2015 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, COMPENSATION, AND FACULTY WORKLOAD Leslie Curtis, Jeff Dyck, Daniel Kilbride, Beth Martin, Mike Martin, Paul Shick, Nancy Taylor, Charles Watts, John Yost
Goals and activities, 2014-15 • Responded to invitation from Fr. Niehoff, endorsed by Faculty Council, to devise a salary proposal that included new peer and aspirant groups. • Respond to the controversy over the conflict-of-interest policy. • Meet with departments to hear priorities.
IPEDS salary data, 2012-13 (red) and 2013-14 (green): Average salaries of full-time faculty
IPEDS data over time JCU average salary as a percentage of the median salary among the 16 current IPEDS comparators. 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Professor 94.7% 94.3% 96.6% 93.8% Associate 89.7% 90.6% 98.2% 95.8% Assistant 97.7% 100.2% 102.6% 108.8%
Salary trends (CUPA data) Number and percentage of all faculty whose salaries are below the 30 th percentile of CUPA averages (excluding library faculty). 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 75 (43%) 50 (30%) 53 (34%) 67 (41%) Percentage of faculty per rank whose salaries are below the 30 th percentile of CUPA averages (excluding library faculty). 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Profs 41% 39% 41% 46% Associates 61% 38% 44% 51% Assistants 11% 5% 9% 17%
Department salary trends (CUPA) Cost for departmental average salaries to reach the 50 th percentile of CUPA. 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 $1.3M $1.1M $807K $570K $621K $878K Cost for department average salaries to reach the 40 th , 50 th , and 60 th percentile of CUPA. 40 th 50 th 60th $355,028 $877,644 $1,351,062
Individual salary trends Cost for individual salaries to reach the 50 th percentile of CUPA. 2013-14 $763,688 2014-15 $1,044,742
Status of the salary proposal • Currently, the University uses two comparator groups for assessing faculty salaries: • The CUPA (College and University Professional Association for Human Resources) “Special Study” of institutions that share AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation. 300+ colleges and universities. • The IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, National Center for Education Statistics) group. Devised by UPG in 2010: Baldwin-Wallace, Belmont U., Butler U., Canisius College, Capital U., Gannon U., Hamline U., LeMoyne College, Marist College, Mercyhurst College, Niagara U., Quinnipiac U., U. of Evansville, U. of Scranton, Valparaiso, Xavier. • Criteria included mission orientation; enrollment; MA granting; region; urban/suburban; Div. III; endowment range; residential campus.
Salary proposal, continued • Both groups have issues. CUPA is large and unrepresentative; IPEDS is aging and lacks faculty buy-in. • The compensation committee has spent this year considering the elements of a salary proposal and developing several peer/aspirant groups. • We now are resolved on devising a small peer group and an aspirant group to establish university-wide salary targets (a true peer group would establish a benchmark at the 100 th percentile), and a larger group combining peers, aspirants and competitors to establish disciplinary benchmarks. • Timetable: first thing, fall semester for open hearings.
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