Ad Hoc Task Force on Sub-Deans Report to Faculty Senate, March, 2011

“Sub deans report” 3-23-11 FS agenda Page 1 of 1 Ad Hoc Task Force on Sub-Deans – Report to Faculty Senate, March, 2011

The Task Force had 2 meetings over the course of the academic year (2009-2010). Our initial charge was to examine the perception that a disproportionate number of decanal-level positions were filled by administrative or non-faculty members.

We were provided a list of the “Directory of Administration” from the Provost’s Office, which was updated on an almost weekly (or even daily) basis. We discovered that the completeness of this list is a moving target in many ways, owing to people changing positions, new Deans arriving and making changes, and other reasons.

The final count on March 30, 2010 was as follows:

 See Table below.

School/Higher Total # Positions # holding Faculty % who are faculty Administration positions Higher Administration 14 9 64% Architecture 3 2 67% College of Arts & 3 (now 8) 3 (now 6) 100% (75%) Sciences Business Administration 7 4 57% Communication 9 6 67% Education 6 5 83% Engineering 5 5 100% Frost School of Music 4 4 100% Law 9 2 22% Miller School of Medicine 33 (now 41) 32 (now 40) 97% (98%) Nursing 4 4 100% RSMAS 6 6 100% Libraries 2 2 100% Graduate School 2 1 50% TOTAL 107 (120) 85 (96) 79% (80%)

Summary: The clear majority of these decanal positions are held by persons holding faculty positions or professorial titles (85 of 107, or 79%). However, it was noted that some task force members, as well as members of the Senate, held strong opinions that decanal positions should be reserved for faculty members only (with note that staff currently holding such decanal positions are doing outstanding jobs). Additionally, there were significant differences among schools, as to # and % of these decanal positions and without any relationship between the number of students or faculty to the number of deans within any school. The Committee realizes that this list is often a “moving target,” as already there are new and additional decanal positions since our original report from Spring of 2010 (shown above in red). It was further noted that some decanal positions have supplemental salary awards for faculty members and some do not and that this may be reviewed in a future report.

Respectfully submitted,

Sherrill H. Hayes, Doris Jui, Mary Ann Fletcher, Grace Barnes

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