Texas Tech University
The Faculty Senate
3-G Holden Hall
Lubbock, Texas 794091(806) 742-3656
April 29, 1986
TO:
Members of the Faculty Senate
FROM:
Margare7 E. "Peg" Wilson, President
SUBJECT: Agenda for Meeting
479, May 7, 1986
The Faculty Senate will meet Wednesday, May 7, 1986 at 3:30 p.m.
the Senate Room of the University Center. The agenda is as follows:
I.
Introduction of guests
II. Approval of Minutes of the April
9
5, 1986
and May
meetings
III. Report of the Vice President of the Faculty Senate
IV.
Report of S-anding Committees
A.
B.
C.
V.
Committee on Committees - Minifie (see attachment)
Academic Programs Committee - Carlile
Faculty Status & Welfare Committee - Lawrence
Old Business
A.
B.
C.
D.
Grade Appeals -Langford
Jol_nt Faculty Senate/Administration Committee to Review
Enrollment Procedures - Kimmel
Academic Publiaations - Brink
Update on Task'Force on Tenure Policy - Eissinger
VI. New Business
A.
B.
Le-ter from Vie President Payne (see attachment)
Exerpts from dB Report (see attachment)
VII. Other Busin?.ss
VIII. Closing report from President of the Senate
IX. Adjournment
"An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution"
Agenda item V. A.
Texas Tech University
College of Business Administration
Box 4320/Lubbock, Texas 79409-4320
MEMORANDUM
April 29, 1986
TO:
FROM:
Margaret E. Wilson
Presiden , Faculty Senate
Jan Minif
Chairpers n, tommittee on Committees
Subject: Remaining University Nominees
University Committe s:
The following no inees are forwarded for the remaining University
committee vacancies
PERSONAL SAFETY AWA ENESS
Cliff Keho
College of Engineering
UNIVERSITY DISCIPLI E APPEALS
Thomas McLaughl n
College of Arts & Sciences
BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE
Kenneth Rainwat
R. Heyward Rams
College of Engineering
College of Engineering
PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS
Dellas Lee
School of Law
CAMPUS SECURITY & E ERGENCY
J. Roberta Mini ie
College of Business Administrat on
CONVOCATIONS COMMIT EE
James Brink
Margaret Wilson
Julia Whitsitt
Marihelen Kamp
Edward George
J. Roberta Mini le
College
College
College
College
College
College
of
of
of
of
of
of
Arts & Sciences
Arts & Sciences
Arts & Sciences
Agricultural Scienc
Arts & Sciences
Business Administra
-An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution"
on
Margaret E. Wilson
April 29, 1986
Page Two
!Iiiiillir
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY SENATE
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Julia Whitsitt
ZEPRESENTATIVE
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS C )MMITTEE
*Robert E. Carli
George Tereshko rich
Robert Gades
Margaret Wilson
Roland Smith
New Senator
College of Arts & Sciences
College
College
College
College
College
*College
of
of
of
of
of
of
Engineering
Agricultural Science
Education
Arts & Sciences
Art & Sciences
Engineering
BUDGET STUDY COMMIT EE
John Blair
Wayne Ford
Milton Smith
* Julia Whitsitt
New Senator
New Senator
New Senator
College of
College of
College of
College of
At Large
College of
College of
FACULTY STATUS & WE FARE COMMIT1EE
!
Jean Pearson Sc( tt
Benjamin H. New( omb
James E. Brink
1
Jerry D. Stocktc
*James Lawrence
New Senator
New Senator
College of Home Economics
College of Arts & Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
College of Agricultural Science
College of Engineering
School of Law
At Large
STUDY COMMITTEE A
*Sydney Cravens
Jack Gibson
Neale J. Pearson
New Senator
New Senator
New Senator
New Senator
STUDY COMMITTEE B
*Wendell Aycock
David Leon Higd
Carlton Whitehe
Jeremy Wicker
Connie Steele
New Senator
New Senator
Business Administrat ion
Arts & Sciences
Engineering
Arts & Sciences
Agricultural Science
Arts & Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
College of Agricultural Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
College of Home Economics
College of Arts & Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
*College of Engineering
College of Arts & Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
College of Business Administrati on
School of Law
College of Home Economics
College of Arts & Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
Margaret E. Wilson
April 29, 1986
Page Three
STUDY COMMITTEE C
*Kenneth Davis
Marvin Platten
Henry Wright New Senator
New Senator
New Senator
New Senator
College of
College of
College of
College of
College of
College of
At Large
Arts & Sciences
Arts & Sciences
Agriculture Science
Arts & Sciences
Business Administra t. ion
Arts & Sciences
STUDY COMMITTEE D
Uni Mann
*Mary Owens
Peggy Williams
New Senator
New Senator
New Senator
New Senator
College
College
College
College
College
College
College
Engineering
Arts & Sciences
Arts & Sciences
Business Administra ion
Education
Arts & Sciences
Arts & Sciences
FACULTY SENATE TENUR
Joe Adamcik
Jacquelin Collin
Judith Fischer
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
& PRIVILEGE COMMITTEE
1987
1987
1987
ollege of Arts & Sciences
ollege of Arts & Sciences
College of Home Economics
Nominees
James D. Mertes,
Wayne Ford, Coll
Ernst W. Kieslin
Jimmie H. Smith,
John T. Sennetti
College of kgricultural Sciences
ge of Arts & Sciences
, College of Engineering
College of Engineering
College of Business Administration
Two persons will be lected from the above group of nominees to serve on the
Faculty Senate Tenur & Privileg Committee
* member designat
as convene r of the committee
** new Senators fr m ArchitectOre if permitted College status
A enda Item VI. A
Te
Tech Un
Tech University
rsity Health Sciences Center
Office of Vice P esident for Finance and Administration
Box 4469/Lub ck, Texas 79409-4469/(806) 742-2196
pril 2, 1986
Memorandum to:
• Bob Ewalt
r. Don Ha agan
• Sam Richards
From:
ugene E. a•Irne
Subject:
elayed Fi4lancial Information
I am pleased to
make it possible
interdepartmenta
etc.) that has b
the total backlo
to have all the
summer.
nform you
for us to
transfer
en delaye
will not
elayed tr
In addition, we
the next couple
number of depar
we expect to be
reports on a ti
xpect to e generating new fiscal reports ithin
f months hich should significantly help a
Most importantly, after this s er
ent heads
ble to pr cess transactions and run financ al
ly basis.
This has not be
the departments
have found it n
that they reco
problems this y
specific financ
presidents and
affairs' reques
It was necessar
bear much of th
brownout since
actions was des
of registration
vendor payments
an easy ear for either the business offi e or
hat are ependent upon financial informati n. I
essary t occasionally remind some individ als
ended the decisions that caused the reporti g
ar. Afte considering my warnings that the e
al report' ng problems would occur, the vice
eans stil recommended granting the academi
s to twic delay the planned computer upgra e.
for the ccounting and purchasing offices AD
brunt of accommodating the resulting compu.er
he proces ing of many routine accounting tr nsgnated lo er priority than the more critical. work
admissio s, payroll, student lab work, an basic
that the new computer system wil now
catch up on our workload (i.e.,
, application of interest alloca ions,
over the past seven months. Al hough
be eliminated immediately, we ex ect
nsactions processed before the e d of
The worst is no behind u • There is still much hard work ahead
because of the ost time. However, with the adequate comp 7.er
support, we fee confiden that the system will provide ou standing support in roviding inancial information.
I will keep you informed f events as we progress through •he
rest of this fi cal year. I request that you pass this in Drmation along to d partment eads.
CC: Academic De ns at the University
and Health
ciences C nter
EEP:pg/3.17
An Equal C1aportunity/ Affirmative Action Institution"
A enda Item VI. B
The February
faculty salaries.
Board, a motion b
motion stated tha
measured against
average when cons
President Alan Su
Colleges and Unix
which showed an a
average, and $33,
that Texas lost t
and New York. Ca
salary gains for
Texas.
arch 1986 i ssue of CB Report had a lengthy article
At the 24 J anuary 1986 meeting of the Coordinating
Harvey Wei of Corpus Christi was adopted. The
in order t keep Texas competitive, spending shoul
he 10-most opulous-states average instead of the n
dering facu ty pay. Corpus Christi State Universit
g, Chair of Council of Presidents of the Public Sen
rsities of exas, presented figures for the 1984-85
erage salar of $31,640 for Texas, $32,180 for the
20 average or the 10 most populous states. He not
e most grou d during that biennium to California,
ifornia's a erage salary stood at more than $38,000
hose three tates were $2,500 to $3,500 higher than
The Board v ed to ask t e 1987 Legislature to increase formula
for faculty sala es by 8.7 p rcent the first year of the new bienni
10.9 percent the following ye r.
be
-ional
ar
3iennium
ational
gsachusetts,
ld average
in
nding
and
Commissione Kenneth Ashworth said "damage to educational qualit in
Texas has been m nimal so far because of a 'buyer's market' nationwid with
mobility curtail d for all but the best faculty. But he added that m rale
is endangered by lagging sallry growth and in increased use of part-t me
faculty."
The Board a
for faculty leav
to $38.5 million
bring state supp
so recommen ed slightly less than $13 million in fun ing
s and recomnended raising the level of research fund ng
uld
for 1988 an $40 million for 1989. "Those figures
rt up to l98 levels in real dollars."
Lowest Salaries - Professors
Highest Salaries - Professors
U. of Texas - Austin
U. of Houston - University Park
Texas A & M
Texas Tech
U. of Texas - Dallas
Texas Southern
U. of Texas - Arlington
U. of Texas - El Paso
North Texas State
Pan American
Highest Salaries
4,645
2,800
7,174
3,000
53,000
Houston - Universizy Park
Texas - Austin
A &
Southern
Tech
U. of Texas - Arlington
Prairie View A & M
_North Texas State
U. of Texas - Dallas
U. of Texas - El Paso
$ 7,200
7,000
6,250
1,795
0,587
9,000
5,315
5,300
5,000
3,436
$22,000
23,229
24,201
24,794
24,900
25,356
25,400
25,500
26,577
26,900
Asso. Profs
U. of Houston - University Park
Texas A & I
Prairie View A & M
U. of Texas - Austin
Lamar U.
North Texas State
Texas Tech
Texas A &
East Texas State
U. of Texas - Arlington
$19,670
20,56,
20,709
21,100
21,265
21,322
21,543
21,814
21,967
22,200
Lowest Salaries - Ass' t. Profs
t. Profs
U. of Texas - Austin
Texas Southern
U. of Houston - University Park
Texas A & M
North Texas State
Texas Tech
U. of Texas - Dallas
U. of Houston - Clear Late
East Texas State - Texamana
U. of Texas - Arlington
U. of Houston - University Parc
Texas A & M
Prairie View A & M
U. of Texas - El Paso
Texas Tech
Pan American
Sul Ross State
U. of Texas - Austin
Texas A & I
U. of Texas - Arlington
Imest Salaries
AsSO PrOfs
U. of
U. of
Texas
Texas
Texas
Highest Salaries -
$1 7,800
7,300
1,232
6,500
5,700
14,000
8,154
6,000
5,693
2,000
2,000
2,000
0,660
9,176
8,500
Stephen F. Austin
U. of Texas - Arlington
U. of Texas - El Paso
Texas A & M
U. of Houston - University Park
Lamar U.
Texas Tech
North Texas State
U. of Texas - Austin
Prairie View A & M
$16,500
16,700
16,769
16,790
17,140
17,200
17,250
18,000
18,000
18,508