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Senate Bill 12-13-05

Bill ID: 12-13-05
Name: Consideration of a Faculty Salary Step System
Proposed: 05/03/2012
Sponsor: Martha Nell Smith, Senate Chair
Proposal: Some universities have established faculty salary step-systems in order to ensure that faculty are given raises at regular intervals throughout their academic career. We would like to conduct a review to decide whether a similar system is recommended for our campus.
Active? No


Status

Status: Completed
Completed On: 03/15/2013

History

Status: Complete
Reviewer: Faculty Affairs Committee
Received: 2013-03-15
Decision: The committee received a letter from the SEC explaining its decision to charge the committee with review of related issues.
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Status: Complete
Reviewer: Senate Executive Committee (SEC)
Received: 2013-03-06
Decision Date: 2013-03-13
Decision: The SEC voted to accept the report.
Actions: In response to the recommendations in the report, the SEC voted to separately charge the Faculty Affairs Committee with a broad review of faculty salaries.
Next Step: Faculty Affairs Committee Review
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Status: Complete
Reviewer: Faculty Affairs Committee
Received: 2012-09-10
Decision Date: 2013-02-26
Decision Due By: 2013-03-30
Decision: To send report and recommendations to the Senate Executive Committee for review.
Actions: The Faculty Affairs Committee received the charge regarding consideration of a Faculty Salary Step System and began consideration of the charge on October 4, 2012. The committee met with the proposer and began discussing different step system programs at various peer institutions. The committee researched salary issues at UMD and continued its discussion at subsequent meetings on 10.18.12, 11.19.12, and 12.3.12.

The committee continued to examine the charge in January of 2013. The committee discussed recommendations and reviewed a draft report. The committee voted to approve the recommendations and report, and to forward them to the SEC for review.
Next Step: SEC Review
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Status: Complete
Reviewer: Senate Executive Committee (SEC)
Received: 2012-08-22
Decision Date: 2012-08-29
Decision: The SEC voted to charge the Faculty Affairs Committee with reviewing proposal.
Next Step: Faculty Affairs Committee Review
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