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

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

3. Relative Size of Full-Time Faculty & Non-Classified Staff 1 FY06FY05FY04FY03FY02 Professor317 (44)310 (46)309290292 Associate215 (71)226 (72)226 219 Assistant145 (58)154 (62)147164170 Instructor & Lecturer 110 (73)107 (71)116111116 Total Faculty787 (246)797 (251)792791797 Administrative Staff 795754717678627

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 Salaries 2 – Regional Benchmarking UofA avg /SUG avg 1000’s $ FY06FY05FY04FY03FY02 Professor90/85/95 89% 82/91 90% 81/90 90% 78/87 90% Associate66/63/68 93% 61/65 94% 61/64 95% 59/63 94% Assistant56/55/59 93% 53/56 95% 53/55 96% 52/53 98% Instructor & Lecturer 38/40/43 93% 37/40 93% 37/39 95% 37/38 97%

6. UofA avg Faculty Salaries 3 Men/Women 1000’s $ FY06FY05 Professor91/8985/82 Associate Professor 68/6364/61 Assistant Professor 59/5258/49 Instructor & Lecturer 38/3841/37

7. UofA avg Faculty Salaries 4 by Rank and College $─FY05 NProfessorN Associate Professor N Assistant Professor NInstructorNLecturer AFLS 83 76,393 35 57,238 27 52,117 6 36,312 1 24,000 ARCH 5 68,626 5 59,674 7 48,824 2 39,514 0 ARSC 114 73,456 109 55,668 58 45,764 39 34,314 10 24,895 EDUC 26 74,303 23 56,336 26 44,458 26 44,462 0 ENGR 38 103,401 24 76,376 18 67,574 6 40,069 1 56,500 LAW 13 121,084 7 93,378 2 86,515 5 66,630 0 WCOB 31 119,471 23 91,013 16 90,861 11 41,711 0 ALL 310 84,505 226 63,032 154 54,560 95 40,248 12 27,454

8. UofA avg Faculty Salaries 4 by Rank and College $─FY06 NProfessorN Associate Professor N Assistant Professor NInstructorNLecturer AFLS 83 82,142 39 62,290 21 56,360 8 37,187 1 25,434 ARCH 5 71,065 6 60,845 6 51,239 2 46,251 1 27,465 ARSC 117 77,096 92 56,791 62 48,868 46 36,248 8 23,956 EDUC 24 76,943 23 63,601 27 45,719 23 42,716 0 ENGR 42 113,040 26 77,882 14 70,707 7 42,206 0 LAW 14 123,706 6 82,800 1 91,100 3 52,033 0 WCOB 32 129,433 23 97,283 14 94,910 11 42,541 0 ALL 317 90,414 215 66,238 145 56,310 100 39,594 10 24,454

9. UofA avg Administrator Salaries 5 1000’s $ FY06FY05 Category 1203194 Category 2115107 Category 3161154

10. UofA avg Faculty % Changes 6 FY06FY05 Professor7.03.2 Associate5.13.3 Assistant3.22.6

11. UofA avg Administrator 7 % Raises FY06FY05 Category 14.58.7 Category 27.76.6 Category 34.62.8

12. UAF Reallocation 8 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. 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 Units Participating in FY06 Budget Hearings

15. FY05-FY06 Academic Budget Unit 9 Changes UnitFY05FY06% Change AFLS5,645,7785,880,6234.2 ARCH2,836,2773,182,27512.2 ARSC34,910,88336,915,0035.7 CTED3,220,8093,216,324(1.4) EDUC10,170,37410,894,3277.1 ENGR13,315,47514,816,42111.3 GRAD2,753,9842,967,6687.8 HNRC849,0411,370,23561.4 LAW8,532,3169,695,05013.6 WCOB13,716,49614,410,5145.1

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.