ATTACHMENT PROPOSAL FOR ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL TA FTE 2014‐15 Purpose: 
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Use rebenching funds to accelerate creation of additional TA FTE Enhance undergraduate instruction Improve student/TA ratios – go from current 52.4 closer to 44.1 over time Incentivize doctoral enrollment growth Incentivize summer undergraduate enrollment growth Encourage use of GSIs Establish the TA FTE Base: 
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Existing divisional budgets form new base 295.55 TA FTE See Table 1 for 2013‐14 base Base TA Allocation Adjustments: 
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Continue adjustments based on projected change in FWS undergraduate enrollment Remove constraint of adjusting TA pool at 44.1 to solely using divisional ratios in original methodology o Simpler, easier to understand o Adds volatility when enrollment changes are big o Current model smooths impact of large enrollment changes o May lead to more or fewer TAs created each year See Table 1 for divisional ratios Allocation of Additional TA FTE: 
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Adds a two‐pronged funding methodology – supplementary to existing model Provides funding for up to 35 additional TA FTE over a two‐year phase‐in at an estimated cost of $1.25 M 1.0 TA FTE is equivalent to 6.0 TAships – up to 360 new TAships by 2021 Overenrollment supplemental funding model continues over and above growth in base TAs Supplemental TAs to Incentivize Graduate Growth: 
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Allocate additional TA FTE based on PhD and MFA enrollments Relative ratios are weighted 1:2.5 with greater weight given to those divisions that have less access to extramural funding for graduate support (Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences) Weightings are roughly based on UC‐wide averages of TA based support One of several actions underway to increase PhD enrollments Increases support for graduate students while benefiting undergraduate instruction Annual adjustment for PhD and MFA enrollment changes using last full academic year’s enrollments to minimize lag time between enrollment growth and increased support Allocates three TA FTE off‐the‐top in year‐one as a pilot to the Graduate Division to encourage use of GSIs o Establish competitive GSI award program o Awards based on course proposals o Up to 17 GSIships o Students mentored by department faculty See Table 2 for enrollments and weighting 1 Approved: December 10, 2013 ATTACHMENT PROPOSAL FOR ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL TA FTE 2014‐15 Supplemental TAs to Incentivize Summer Undergraduate Growth: 
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Allocate additional TA FTE based on undergraduate summer enrollments to be used for FWS support Funding model for summer session remains unchanged – TA FTE supporting summer instruction are budgeted within and managed by summer session Annual adjustment for undergraduate summer enrollment changes using prior year’s summer enrollments to minimize lag time between enrollment growth and increased support Intended to increase summer enrollment, not shift enrollments from fall/winter/spring Removes disincentive to offering summer courses Provides significant incentive for summer session growth Rewards divisions/departments participating in summer session See Table 3 for enrollments and ratios TABLE 1: REBASE UNDERGRADUATE RATIOS*
2013‐14
Funded Target
TA Base
Arts
Engineering
Humanities
Writing
Phys/Bio Sciences
Social Sciences
Comm Studies
Colleges
Campus
Current
Student/TA Enrollments/
FTE Ratio
TA Ship**
1,890
1,840
2,210
340
4,140
4,220
100
760
39.62
42.62
43.99
6.77
93.77
63.39
1.80
3.59
47.7
43.2
50.2
50.2
44.2
66.6
55.6
15,500
295.55
52.4
71.6
64.8
75.4
75.3
66.2
99.9
83.3
Allocation Changes
Student/TA Enrollments/
FTE Ratio
TA Ship**
49.4
37.0
49.4
49.4
38.0
54.5
54.5
74.1
55.5
74.1
74.1
57.0
81.8
81.8
*For use in calculating both regular academic year and summer adjustments.
**Applies to new TA allocations for fall/winter/spring enrollment changes
2 Approved: December 10, 2013 ATTACHMENT PROPOSAL FOR ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL TA FTE 2014‐15 TABLE 2: GRADUATE ENROLLMENT BASE AND WEIGHTING RATIOS
2012‐13 MFA/PhD Count
Arts
Engineering
Humanities
Phys/Bio Sciences
Social Sciences
Weighting
55
252
124
399
282
Example: 50 PhD Incr*
2.50
1.00
2.50
1.00
2.50
7
3
7
3
7
1,112
*Estimated increase in TAships per 50 PhDs after initial phase‐in.
TABLE 3: SUMMER ENROLLMENT BASE AND ALLOCATION RATIOS
2013 UG Summer FTE
Arts
Engineering
Humanities
Phys/Bio Sciences
Social Sciences
Student/TA Example: FTE Ratio
100 SS Incr*
58
58
79
212
244
651
49.40
37.00
49.40
38.00
54.50
12
16
12
16
11
*Estimated increase in TAships per 100 Summer Session UG student FTE after initial phase‐in.
Approved: December 10, 2013 3 Approved: December 10, 2013