Identify
Activity That Will Require
Augmentation in FY 2001-02
The Division requests
funding for three academic support initiatives: Faculty Recruitment, Academic
Personnel Support, and MESA.
Faculty Recruitment
- $120,000
The Faculty Recruitment
base budget for the past four search years (1997-98 to 2001-02)
has been $137,000 to pay for department recruiting expenses
and moving costs for faculty. For years 1997-98 and 1998-99
the position authorization memorandum and recruitment allocation
from the Provost to colleges provided $2,000 per search.
In 1999-2000 and 2000-01 the approval authorizations discontinued
stating that $2,000 would be provided per search, because
of the diminishing availability of funds. As additional
positions were approved, colleges were notified that no
additional funds were available from the recruitment account
and were to be the responsibility of the college. Over the
last four years the average number of tenure-track faculty
searches conducted per year were 72. We anticipate the same
number for searches to be approved for 2001-02.
The 2000-01 allocation
distributed to the college deans from Academic Affairs was
only $59,000 because in prior year, $117,000 in faculty
moving commitments had to be paid before distributing the
college allocations. The distribution to colleges for 90
positions was $656 per position. While the Office of the
President pays for the expense of the annual Chronicle of
Higher Education position announcements, in addition to
the Office of Equity and Diversity placing additional announcements
in women and other publications, the colleges continues
to have the responsibility for the following expenses:
With annualization ending,
colleges will not be able to supplement recruitment funds
from this funding source. To meet the competition, it is critical
we provide adequate funding to seek the best-qualified applicants
for faculty positions.
