Manoa Faculty Senate CAB Meeting Minutes
January 24, 2008, 11:00 a.m., Hawaii Hall 208
Budget Priority Survey Results
Minutes of the UH Manoa Faculty Senate Committee on Administration and Budget
January 24, 2008, 11:00 a.m., Hawaii Hall 208
Present: Ross Christensen, Shirley Daniel, Matt McGranaghan, Judith Inazu, Meda Chesney-Lind, Robert Paull, Chin Lee, and Mary Tiles UHM Faculty Senate liaison
Absent: Karl Kim, John Casken, Sylvia Yuen, David Sanders
The committee discussed the fact that Dr. Casken has resigned as chair due to illness, and therefore a new chair must be elected. The committee discussed the remaining items to be address for the year to determine the issues of agenda along with leadership. The two large remaining issues are the biennial budget process and the Arts and Sciences reorganization.
Ross Christensen agreed to serve as convener for the committee and create the agenda for the spring meetings. All other committee members agreed to actively participate and share the responsibility for meeting the committee’s charge in the short run. The group also agreed that we may elect a chair at our next meeting when additional members are present.
The committee reaffirmed the planned meetings dates for spring, which are scheduled for Thursdays at 11 a.m. in Hawaii Hall 208 on the following dates: February 28, March 20 and April 24.
The committee noted that proposals for the A&S reorganization were in discussion between the Chancellor and the affected units, and that there is not currently anything for CAB to review. The Chancellor has been advised and has acknowledged the need to consult the faculty senate before the reorganization is completed. CAB will be available to consult on the plan when it is presented by the administration.
Vice Chancellor Cutshaw joined the meeting and discussed with the committee the following items:
- VC Cutshaw mentioned that there are on-going discussions on the development of the Moilili-University area. KSBE has expressed a sense of urgency to move forward.
- The issue of faculty housing has been moved to the UH
System level because the funding is through the state bond system.
Issues currently under discussion are faculty mortgage loan
assistance and a few other issues.
There was also concern about how UH
- The committee inquired about facilities. VC Cutshaw says much progress has been made by Mr. Hafner. A Work Order management system will be implemented soon. With the media focus on facilities, there is hope for funding for improvements. Hafner has numbers and data to support the need, and will present this information to the UH Manoa Faculty Senate on February 20.
- VC Cutshaw will be commissioning a study on the economic impact of UH Manoa. They will use the same contractor who has done a similar study for the UH System.
- The committee inquired about the Budget Advisory Committee for the biennium budget. After some discussion, the committee agreed to develop a survey to gather input from the faculty senate using an open-ended survey to determine broad priorities for the biennium budget. The information from this survey would then be used to develop a more structured survey to gather input from the faculty as a whole. The committee would work with the UHM Faculty Senate Executive Committee and also the Chancellor’s office to get the survey administered quickly to be available at our next meeting. The committee agreed to handle the work via electronic communication to speed up the process. There was agreement that there is a need to integrate the strategic plans, the faculty priorities and the budgeting process to achieve the mission and vision of UHM. It seems that this integration of planning priorities and resources has not always been well implemented in the past.
- The committee asked VC Cutshaw about the administrations plans to address the challenge of faculty that are expected to retire in the coming 5 years or so. There seems to be a “disconnect” between the reality of projected demographic trends and UH goals.
The committee discussed next steps in implementing the survey. Shirley. Daniel agreed to send a first draft to the committee for comment right away. Mary Tiles agreed to send the survey out through the Chancellor’s resources. Matt McGranaghan provided a rough first draft to be incorporated into the survey.
The meeting adjourned at 1 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Shirley J. Daniel
CAB Survey on Budget Priorities
CAB has completed the survey and the results are below. The survey consists of three sections in which faculty were asked to rank priorities and were given an option to suggest other priorities or make comments. You will find two documents: a summary of the rankings and a log of the comments.
Faculty Survey of Budget Priorities: Results in a PDF File
Faculty Survey of Budget
Priorities: Comments
Question 1
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Comment Text |
Response
Date |
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1. |
I
feel like this Survey bound my opinions in such a way to alter what I
believe to be true: All of these are top priorities, and it is
impossible to imagine one more important than another. Top notch
campuses seem to create and maintain quality in all these areas. UH
should strive to do the same. Trim where it makes sense and focus on
your human resources first. |
Wed, 2/27/08 12:37 PM |
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2. |
new
building for the |
Wed, 2/27/08 8:33 AM |
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3. |
College of
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Wed, 2/27/08 7:01 AM |
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4. |
sustainable practices |
Wed, 2/27/08 6:44 AM |
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5. |
College of Education NEW BUILDING |
Tue, 2/26/08 8:24 PM |
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6. |
Repair and maintenence and new facilities are desperately needed to
retain and recruit both faculty and students. |
Tue, 2/26/08 8:16 PM |
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7. |
Repair and Maintenance should include replacing the COE building, and
libraries repair |
Tue, 2/26/08 6:06 PM |
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8. |
New
facilities for the COE |
Tue, 2/26/08 5:49 PM |
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9. |
Before we can attract anyone new, students or faculty, we need to
improve our facilities. And we need maintenance schedules instead of
fixing problems as they occur. |
Wed, 2/20/08 9:19 AM |
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10. |
Faculty Housing that may be purchased (home ownership in addition to
other rental properties). |
Tue, 2/19/08 9:50 AM |
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11. |
new
faculty housing is most important, as much as it is important to let
existing faculty continue to stay in faculty housing. |
Tue, 2/19/08 9:12 AM |
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12. |
Technology updates, including student computers in designated
composition classroom (like the community colleges have...) |
Tue, 2/19/08 7:40 AM |
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13. |
Faculty housing for retention. Otherwise impossible. |
Mon, 2/18/08 9:41 PM |
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14. |
Sustainable technologies, practices, and incorporation into new and
existing structures. |
Mon, 2/18/08 9:20 AM |
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15. |
More classroom space!!! |
Sun, 2/17/08 9:56 PM |
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16. |
Graduate Stipend: It hasn't kept pace with the cost of living, and we
are losing quality graduate students to programs on the mainland who can
generally offer them twice the pay we do. |
Sun, 2/17/08 1:58 PM |
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17. |
You
need to have faculty recruitment and retention before student
recruitment and retention, otherwise the increased student body will
place an increased burden on the already inadequate number of faculty
and increase the chance that those faculty will leave. |
Sun, 2/17/08 8:58 AM |
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18. |
The
state of disrepair at this university is inexcusable. It is a complete
and utter shame. |
Sat, 2/16/08 4:47 PM |
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19. |
I
put faculty and students first, because they are the essence of what a
university is. Teachers and students first, the infrastructure second. |
Sat, 2/16/08 7:15 AM |
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20. |
integrated program of affordable faculty housing (reinstate mortgage
assistance, add inventory to rentals; extend rental duration for
faculty; build residential/condo units for sale to faculty |
Fri, 2/15/08 10:02 PM |
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21. |
Alcohol prevention program funding & space |
Fri, 2/15/08 4:39 PM |
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22. |
facilities should include those that are UHM responsibilities but off
campus (extension and exp. stations) |
Fri, 2/15/08 10:32 AM |
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23. |
Health of students |
Fri, 2/15/08 10:30 AM |
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24. |
What is the point of forced exclusive rankings except the survey
analyst's convenience? |
Fri, 2/15/08 10:17 AM |
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25. |
CONCERT HALL |
Fri, 2/15/08 9:40 AM |
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26. |
There is a real need for a new |
Fri, 2/15/08 9:20 AM |
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27. |
Better financial support for graduate students |
Thu, 2/14/08 11:38 PM |
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28. |
Concert Hall Technology for Music classrooms. we do not even have wi-fi
except for non-instructional areas of the department (!), much less
projectors and other resources for our classes. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:43 PM |
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29. |
Today I attended a job talk for a faculty search in a room covered with
water stains on the walls, a dizzying smell of mold, a tattered plastic
tree in a corner, wires sticking out of the wall and sour grapes... |
Thu, 2/14/08 7:56 PM |
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30. |
New
computer equipment for all computer art courses in Art and Art History.
Some labs are handicapped by poor equipment. |
Thu, 2/14/08 6:50 PM |
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31. |
new
building for |
Thu, 2/14/08 5:38 PM |
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32. |
Music department needs a new auditorium, or full overhaul of existing
facilities. Also need complete overhaul/renovation of faculty offices in
Kahananui building. |
Thu, 2/14/08 5:01 PM |
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33. |
Support efforts to improve the state's public education system,
selectively supporting initiatives that really try to raise the subject
mastery of teachers. |
Thu, 2/14/08 4:17 PM |
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34. |
The
COE getting a new building is critical. |
Thu, 2/14/08 4:13 PM |
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35. |
Resource conservation efforts -- Sustainable Saunders concept should be
expanded throughout the university. |
Thu, 2/14/08 3:44 PM |
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36. |
I
don't know how the Biomedical building is meeting public safety codes
right now....stair railings that are broken, no fire alarms that work... |
Thu, 2/14/08 2:53 PM |
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37. |
A
new building for the |
Thu, 2/14/08 2:50 PM |
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38. |
They are all top priorities but you did not give me that option! |
Thu, 2/14/08 1:33 PM |
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39. |
Support for Honors is top priority |
Thu, 2/14/08 1:18 PM |
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40. |
A
new COE building is a top priority. |
Thu, 2/14/08 1:09 PM |
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41. |
COE
classroom buildings are ancient with termites and electrical systems
that are hazardous for current technology that is needed for teaching
and learning. 2nd floor of everly hall is not handicape accessible |
Thu, 2/14/08 12:54 PM |
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42. |
New
building for COE following fire loss should be a priority--even before
the fire we had a space/facilities crunch. |
Thu, 2/14/08 12:51 PM |
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43. |
We
recently lost a building due to a fire and badly need it replaced. Other
buildings in our unit are close to being condemned. |
Thu, 2/14/08 12:38 PM |
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44. |
Increased salaries for lecturers and instructors. Like other Research I
institutions, the UH-Manoa heavily depends on us. Despite more than a
decade of service and many personal, social and intellectual
satisfactions and a very respectable record of publication, I have begun
actively looking for permanent opportunities outside the UH and even
outside teaching altogether. |
Thu, 2/14/08 12:16 PM |
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45. |
New
COE building |
Thu, 2/14/08 12:06 PM |
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46. |
Reducing the number of high paid administrators. |
Thu, 2/14/08 12:04 PM |
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47. |
Restore the G-fund budgets of Departments. Some Departments on campus do
not have sufficient G-funds to cover faculty and staff salaries. These
need to be restored. |
Thu, 2/14/08 12:04 PM |
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48. |
Ombuds |
Thu, 2/14/08 9:22 AM |
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49. |
TOP
Priority for a university with abundant natural resources that's
bleeding tuition dollars to HECO: Energy Conservation and Renewable
Energy. There's so much we could do to retrofit our existing buildings
to make them energy efficient and to induce energy conservation by the
people who work and go to class here. Instead, this survey asks us to
allocate Facilities dollars between repairing/maintaining our existing
buildings in the same condition or constructing new buildings. |
Thu, 2/14/08 9:21 AM |
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50. |
Graduate Student Stipends raised to competitive levels with some
additional for cost of living (in comparison to mainland programs in the
respective fields). We cannot recruit the quality and number of graduate
students needed for active research programs at the poor support levels
we offer. Repair is also a top priority, but the buildings are in such
bad shape that it may be better to rebuild. |
Thu, 2/14/08 9:18 AM |
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51. |
a
budget and appropriate space for International Education so staff can
function as a team |
Thu, 2/14/08 9:17 AM |
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52. |
Repair of |
Thu, 2/14/08 9:13 AM |
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53. |
Downsize Manoa administration for efficiency and diversion of savings in
salaries to more classes for students and additional student support. |
Thu, 2/14/08 9:06 AM |
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54. |
All
of the above need addressing, especially the top four. |
Thu, 2/14/08 9:02 AM |
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55. |
Repair and maintenance: change from regular light bulbs to long-life
light bulbs in hallways of portable buildings. Current light bulbs burn
out in less than a month, creating a very unsafe environment for faculty
in remote portable buildings. |
Thu, 2/14/08 9:02 AM |
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56. |
Retention of the Kewalo Marine Lab facility. This is a nationally
recognized facility that generates top research published in the top 1st
tier journals. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:57 AM |
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57. |
all
of these refer to the infrastructure of the university, physical,
resources, and staff and are all top priorities |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:56 AM |
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58. |
I
believe the fiscal system at the UH must be addressed to reality the
Univesity faculty are not civil servants but, rather, people running
businesses that operate at near bankruptcy. The system, as applied, is
actually quite disrespectful of the faculty and generally assumes that
99% are out to con the system, rather than simply trying to succeed for
the benefit of the system. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:51 AM |
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59. |
Should faculty salary lines be converted to administrative salary. NO
Should the number of administrative positions be increased. NO |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:51 AM |
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60. |
According to a recent UHPA survey, about 45% faculty are planning to
leave UHM within the next 5 eyars. Many are retiring but there is also a
fair number of junior and middle-rank faculty who are underpaid,
frustated with administration, and receive no institutional support for
research, particularly in humanities. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:46 AM |
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61. |
cyberinfrstructure |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:43 AM |
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62. |
Comparable faculty salaries to industry. For example, a Nursing
instructor takes a 20% cut in pay to work full time for the University,
while the student she trains will make 20% more than her after
graduation. I don't think this is the fair or equitable. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:41 AM |
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63. |
Staff support is a problem, but because of a dearth of bodies - there
needs to be a restructuring here: including an improved work ethic and
the removal of excess administrators. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:40 AM |
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64. |
The
Athletic department needs to share their windfall. Furthermore if they
cannot do this, they should be self supporting. We are first and
foremost a research institution, not a the |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:37 AM |
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65. |
more support for research by faculty is necessary |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:36 AM |
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66. |
athletics |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:32 AM |
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67. |
I
think student recruitment is related to repair and maintenance (equal to
it in importance). Who wants to come to a campus this dilapidated...
Very sad to walk around here. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:32 AM |
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68. |
Address the traffic nightmare trying to exit the lower campus parking
structure in the afternoon |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:29 AM |
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69. |
renovations, renovations, renovations! |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:28 AM |
Question 2
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Comment Text |
Response
Date |
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1. |
employment for spouses |
Wed, 2/27/08 2:03 PM |
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2. |
Don't know what "salary compression" is. And by "faculty housing" do you
mean more? Or alternatives - like low interst loans? I don't think we
need more - no matter how you slice it, it's an inequitable benefit. |
Wed, 2/27/08 9:43 AM |
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3. |
NEW
Building for |
Tue, 2/26/08 8:24 PM |
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4. |
We
have no offices or parking spaces as tenure-track education faculty. |
Tue, 2/26/08 7:16 PM |
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5. |
Recruitment and retention are both important, but at least in my
department, new hires seem to get everything they want, whereas old
timers have essentially no lever with which to improve their lot. |
Thu, 2/21/08 5:21 PM |
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6. |
Faculty Housing that may be purchased (home ownership in addition to
other rental properties). |
Tue, 2/19/08 9:50 AM |
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7. |
merit pay is abrasive and unfairly decided. Ask the organizational
behaviour experts. It should really be abolished and replaced with
standard increases for all. If anything, salary should be made
commensurate to professional experience. |
Tue, 2/19/08 9:12 AM |
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8. |
Library budget |
Mon, 2/18/08 9:41 PM |
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9. |
Second priority should be increasing the availability of research
funding and library funds for ordering and cataloguing new materials. |
Mon, 2/18/08 12:41 PM |
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10. |
Educational opportunities for children of faculty. |
Sun, 2/17/08 4:30 PM |
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11. |
Classroom equipment and furninshings affect student recruitment and
retention more than faculty recruitment and retention. |
Sun, 2/17/08 8:58 AM |
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12. |
I
don't have children so I may have underestimated that consideration. |
Sat, 2/16/08 4:47 PM |
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13. |
We
are trying to recruit new faculty and will (again, like last year) lose
talented candidates because of our cost of living. Salary increases will
never approximate the cost of living in |
Fri, 2/15/08 10:02 PM |
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14. |
I
would also rank highly the restoration of educational improvement funds
(conferences and workshops on teaching, pedagogy, course development,
etc.) and other professional development funds. Many campuses have
annual budgets for faculty for professional development, for travel,
conference registrations, book and computer purchases, etc. |
Fri, 2/15/08 5:53 PM |
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15. |
Space for student services programs |
Fri, 2/15/08 4:39 PM |
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16. |
I
don't understand the second factor and choose to understand it as
'salary increase'. |
Fri, 2/15/08 10:17 AM |
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17. |
Articulate a tenure system that provides a foundation, not a cap, for a
base salary and incentivizes research, service as well as instruction. |
Thu, 2/14/08 11:00 PM |
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18. |
I
don't know what the "merit pay system" means. |
Thu, 2/14/08 7:56 PM |
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19. |
Establish a climate where research and teaching are more important than
increasing the ranks and salaries of bureaucrats and coaches. Make us
believe again that this is a university, and not a gaggle of
administrators endlessly producing 5 year plans in the middle of a
crumbling campus, a demoralized faculty, and students who deserve more. |
Thu, 2/14/08 7:51 PM |
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20. |
retirement benefits |
Thu, 2/14/08 6:05 PM |
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21. |
Better management of faculty housing is necessary. Currently it is mis-managed,
allowing long-term residents to stay at the expense of new comers. |
Thu, 2/14/08 4:34 PM |
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22. |
Pay
for quality. Even at this late date support a true, money-saving, early
retirement program. |
Thu, 2/14/08 4:17 PM |
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23. |
Raising the bar on faculty quality - the deadwood need to be eased out
and then a rigorous system of performance throughout one's career needs
to be put in place. |
Thu, 2/14/08 1:47 PM |
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24. |
The
six-week wait for payment and "when we feel like it" insurance
enrollment is absurd. Insurance enrollment should be 7-10 days max. |
Thu, 2/14/08 1:40 PM |
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25. |
Ditto my above comments. |
Thu, 2/14/08 1:33 PM |
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26. |
provide incentives for work that few full profs participate in, such as
Honors is second priority |
Thu, 2/14/08 1:18 PM |
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27. |
I
do not see "merit pay" as appropriate under any circumstances-- |
Thu, 2/14/08 12:51 PM |
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28. |
Salaries and benefits in general. |
Thu, 2/14/08 12:41 PM |
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29. |
A
housing option is very important, but more important is the ability to
purchase a house in HI. Many institutions are offering large
downpayments to faculty now and others offer very good deals to live
near campus. |
Thu, 2/14/08 12:25 PM |
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30. |
Merit pay increases for lecturers, instructors and other ajunct teaching
faculty. |
Thu, 2/14/08 12:16 PM |
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31. |
Faculty housing can be addressed in many ways, not only by providing a
new faculty housing facility. The university could help a lot and free
space for new hires in the current facilities by offering a mortgage
assistance program, or down payment assistance. Anything less, or no
action ensures those who have spent much of their lives getting higher
degrees, with loans, come here to their first positions with no
down-payment. How then can they save 20% down payment on a 400-500k
property when they earn only ~60k per year, and may already have a
family. No wonder they leave for a place they can afford to buy, given
even rents here are so huge they can consume almost 50% of a salary. |
Thu, 2/14/08 12:04 PM |
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32. |
Salaries that put us >50%-ile of comparable institutions corrected for
cost of living! |
Thu, 2/14/08 11:50 AM |
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33. |
Office space |
Thu, 2/14/08 9:13 AM |
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34. |
Research lab and faculty office facilities, equipment. |
Thu, 2/14/08 9:12 AM |
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35. |
Access to library resources - need the resources to get grants, graduate
research |
Thu, 2/14/08 9:08 AM |
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36. |
Retention of Kewalo Marine Lab will result in the retention of current
faculty as well as assisting in the recruitment of new faculty that can
make the best use of a unique resource for marine research. This
facility complements HIMB coconut island. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:57 AM |
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37. |
Raise minimum salaries at each rank to reduce differences across units. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:53 AM |
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38. |
Laboratory space and equipment |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:52 AM |
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39. |
Adjusting the fiscal system, across the UH and at Manao, do support
(rather than suppress) the unique business model University faculty (particlarly
those running research and education programs) face. Currently, the
fiscal system encourages a lack of effort, creative thinking, and "go
to" attitudes. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:51 AM |
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40. |
Better moving allowances If subsidized or special term loans are not
directly included under "faculty housing" they should be |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:51 AM |
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41. |
Move present people in faculty housing who have been there longer than 2
years OUT so that new faculty can move in. The current system is VERY
UNFAIR!! |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:48 AM |
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42. |
The
should be salary minima for each rank that cuts across colleges. LLL has
the most underpaid BUT OVERWORKED (we teach 5 courses whereas A & H and
SS only teach 4 courses) faculty. However, in terms of reseach
productivity, LLL faculty do not lag behind other A & S colleges. This
issue needs to be addressed. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:46 AM |
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43. |
High disparity between tenure track and non tenure track faculy |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:44 AM |
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44. |
Dual hire issues |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:42 AM |
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45. |
Salaries and the cost of housing are the largest threats to Manoa's
recruiting and retaining a world class faculty. I can cite several
examples of faculty leaving Manoa for these reasons or of searches that
failed to attract the top candidate for these reasons. Indeed, these
factors also affect whether we can convince top candidates to even apply
for position openings at UH Manoa. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:42 AM |
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46. |
all
of these pale next to library issues |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:38 AM |
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47. |
It's also about time for faculty to have their own Lounge where they can
be treated with respect and take their visitors to. |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:36 AM |
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48. |
By
faculty housing I mean down payment and/or mortgage assistance, not more
pseudo-dorm complexes |
Thu, 2/14/08 8:29 AM |
Question 3
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Comment Text |
Response
Date |
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1. |
parking structure |