PTS Equity Adjustment Recommendations – Phase 2 Revised
The problems with the proposal presented to Faculty Senate at the Oct. 1 2015 Meeting are:
(1) PTS incorrectly calculated the number of Full Professors that are eligible for a Phase 2B
adjustment (Professors earning ≤90% of their CUPA median for their group). There are 78.5
Professors who are eligible (versus 53 in the original proposal). Allocation of $2000 to each of
these faculty would use up $157k (versus $106k in the original proposal). Thus PTS needed to
revisit the allocation of Phase 2 monies.
(2) PTS incorrectly stated the implementation of Phase 1 of the Salary Equity plan. Here is the
accurate statement. All faculty and IAS earning ≤100% will receive the 1.5% increase in base
salary.
In coming up with the revised plan, the PTS committee kept the following points in mind:
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Devise a plan that is, in spirit, very similar to the original Phase 2 plan
Ensure that the recommendations do not exacerbate inversion or compression that already exits,
or create inversion/compression between faculty on 131 and 102 lines
Recognize that, in spite of promotion raises for Full Professors in rank for less than 5 years,
many Full Professors are below 80% CUPA and thus, should not be excluded from Phase 2B
adjustments.
Recognize that Associate Professors are farther from their CUPA medians than Assistant
Professors (see Figure 1)
Recognize that Assistant and Associate Professors have recourse to a salary increase through
promotion, while Full Professors do not
Recognize that attempting to adjust all salaries to the relevant CUPA median salary destroys
the distribution of salaries that is expected and reasonable given time in rank, varying merit
performance, etc.
Allow for a discretionary pool of monies to be allocated to Deans to make adjustments that may
be necessary to retain highly talented faculty and/or compensate for other historical factors
We believe that the allocation of money proposed in the new plan is more fair and covers a larger
group of faculty.
Average'Devia*on'from'100%'Parity'with'CUPA'Median'
$"18,000"
$"16,000"
$"14,000"
$"12,000"
$"10,000"
Assistant"
$"8,000"
Associate"
$"6,000"
Full"
$"4,000"
$"2,000"
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Needed"to"hit"Median"
before"Phase"1"
Needed"to"hit"Median"
a9er"Phase"1"
Figure 1
Needed"to"hit"Median"
a9er"Phase"2"
Revised PTS Salary Equity Proposal: (changes in red)
Allocation of $215k 102 Monies and Excess Phase 1 131 Monies
Phase 2A: Allocate $40,000 Deans and Provost as Discretionary funds to be distributed proportionally
to units by 102 faculties’ FTE to be distributed with the following recommendations: (a) address
inequities within rank within departments and (b) address retention of faculty. Discretionary monies
are to be distributed by the Dean in consultation with the Chairs and PVC.
Phase 2B: Full Professors on 102 funding who earn less than 90.5% of the CUPA median for their
group receive $1900 (78.5 faculty; approximately $149,150).
Phase 2C. Allocate the remaining $25,973 to 102 funded Assistant and Associate Professors who earn
less than 90.5% of the CUPA median for their group and who have been in rank less than 10 years.
Full Professors will not receive Phase 2C monies.
Because Associate Professors are
approximately twice as far from their CUPA medians versus Assistant Professors, Associate
Professors will receive twice the adjustment ($404 for Associate Professors, $202 for Assistant
Professors). – See Figure 1 and Tables 1&2.
Phase 2D. $12,566 in excess 131 monies from Phase 1 was originally proposed to be distributed
equally to all 72 faculty on 131 funds as part of the Phase 1 plan. Instead, PTS recommends these
monies to be distributed only to 131 faculty below 90.5% using the same 2:1 ratio as in Phase 2C
($404 for Associate Professors, $202 for Assistant Professors). – See Figure 1 and Tables 1&2.
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Table 1: Allocation of Phase 2C Monies
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<90.5%!
<90.5%!
<90.5%!
102!Phase&2C!
Total!A&A! Assistant!
Associate!
$!25,973!
73!
17.5!
55.5!
Average'Deviation'from'CUPA'
$!4,809!
$!10,806!
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Fraction!of!Population!
0.14!
0.86!
Individual!Dist!
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$&202&
$&404&
Total!Dist!by!Rank!
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$!3,537!
$!22,436!
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All!to!Assoc!
$!468!
$!25,973!
Table 2: Allocation of Phase 2D Monies
Reallocated)Phase)
1)
<90.5%)
<90.5%)
<90.5%)
131)Phase&2D)
Total)A&A) Assistant)
Associate)
$)11,616)
38)
18.5)
19.5)
Average'Deviation'from'CUPA'
$)4,830)
$)11,470)
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) 0.32)
) 0.68)
Fraction)of)Population)
Individual)Dist)
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$&202&
$&404&
Total)Dist)by)Rank)
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$)3,737)
$)7,879)
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All)to)Assoc)
$)596)
$)11,616)
Notes about the revised proposal:
Phase 2B: 78.5 out of 97 Full Professors who are funded on 102 dollars will receive this equity
adjustment (one is on a split 102/131 appointment). A cutoff of 90.5% CUPA parity was chosen
because there is a natural break in CUPA inequities near this value (a group 72.49%-90.03% and then
another group 91.43%-109.28%).
Only 5 Full Professors end up at >90% CUPA parity after this adjustment, and these only end up at
91% or 92%. Of these 5, only one got any differential bump in Phase 1.
Only 7 Full Professors received a maximum allocation in Phase 1 of $2000. However even after
allocation of Phase 2B monies, these faculty remain below 80% of their CUPA medians.
The rank ordering of salaries for Full Professors is not affected by Phase 2 adjustments.
Phase 2C: 73 out of 188 Assistant and Associate Professors who are funded on 102 dollars will
receive this equity adjustment (four are on a split 102/131 appointments).
18% of the Assistant Professors versus 65% of Associate Professors on 102 funding are below 90.5%
CUPA. In addition, Assistant Professors are on average ~$5k below their CUPA medians, while
Associate Professors are ~$11k below their CUPA medians. Thus it made sense to us to allocate more
of the Phase 2C monies to Associate Professors.
There is a clear break at 90.2% of CUPA medians for the Associate Professors but no clear break for
Assistant Professors. To make things less complicated, we decided to keep the benchmark the same
for all groups in all portions of Phase 2.
Considering the Assistant/Associate Profs not eligible for Phase 2C:
• 68+5=73 are in rank less than 10 years but above 90.5% CUPA parity
• 14+28=42 are in rank more than 10 years - of these, 8+8=16 are also above 90.5% CUPA
parity; 13 received a discretionary adjustment in Phase 1
Phase 2D: 38 out of 80 Assistant and Associate Professors who are funded on 131 dollars will receive
this equity adjustment (four are on a split 102/131 appointments).
As with those on 102 funding, Assistant Professors are on average ~$5k below their CUPA medians,
while Associate Professors are ~$11k below their CUPA medians. Miraculously we were able to
allocate the same adjustments for the two groups as in Phase 2C, so that there is no differential
treatment depending on funding line.