December 10, 2013
Institutional Priorities Committee
Minutes of December 10, 2013
3:00pm - 5:00pm
DeRosa Center Room 211
Present: Arnold, Atterbury, Cavanaugh, Cayton, Day, Eibeck, Gale, Hein, Kleinert, Lackey, Luu, Lyon, Meyer (Chair), Murta, Pallavicini, Perrot, Rogers, Shaw, Staniec
Absent: Fox, Leland, Lyon, Martin
Guests: Arlene Cash, Carrie Darnall, Geoff Lin-Cereghino, Bill Swagerty
Call to Order: 3:00pm
Minutes: Minutes for the November 12, 2013 meeting were approved.
Faculty Compensation Comparison
Rogers and Perrot presented information on fall 2012 Pacific faculty salaries (by rank and discipline) against a national sample of peers. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the College and University Professional Association (CUPA) are two organizations that collect faculty salary information; this comparison described comparative salaries from CUPA. Pacific's average salaries were near the 67th percentile for many schools/colleges. The Budget Office summarized three options for future faculty salary plans:
- Plan A: Pharmacy at the 75th percentile, remaining disciplines at the 50th percentile (plan duration of 3 years)
- Estimate of total merit $1,291,107 and total equity $262,693
- Plan B: Pharmacy at the 75th percentile, remaining disciplines at the 55th percentile (plan duration of 3 years)
- Estimate of total merit $1,294,003 and total equity $296,763
- Plan C: Pharmacy at the 75th percentile, remaining disciplines at the 60th percentile (plan duration of 3 years)
- Estimate of total merit $1,294,198 and total equity $393,625
It was also noted that total compensation at Pacific includes: sabbaticals every five years, retirement (10% Pacific contribution), tuition remission/exchange, and life insurance. Other considerations included: Central Valley cost of living and parking costs.
Faculty Compensation Committee
Geoff Lin-Cereghino, chair of the Faculty Compensation Committee (FCC), presented Pacific's 2012-13 average faculty salaries by rank compared to the CA8 peer group. Lin-Cereghino stated that raises in salary are reduced by the rising costs of healthcare premiums. The FCC currently acts as a sounding board when proposals regarding faculty salaries are made. In the future, Institutional Research, the FCC, and Business & Finance should talk more about different ways to look at faculty compensation information. President Eibeck suggested that this topic be looked at in more detail next year.
Future Agenda Items
- Updated information on McGeorge and the master's program in Law
- FY 15 budget assumptions
- Tuition rate increase
- Enrollment projections
- Preliminary plans for reallocations
Adjourned: 4:20pm