The Development of a New

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The Development of a New

• Faculty/Staff
• Activity Reporting System

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Faculty Assignments

• Letters of Assignment
• Updates Throughout the Terms
• History of Updates
• Basis for Work
• Beginning of Accountability

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Faculty Activity Reports (FARS)

• Currently Four-Part Paper
• Reports What We Know That Faculty Did
• Asks Faculty What Else They Did
• Provides Accountability for 12 Contact Hour Law

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Personnel Activity Reports (PARS)

• Currently Four-Part Paper
• Reports Anticipated Faculty/Staff Effort Toward
  Sponsored Research and Grants Activities
• Asks Faculty/Staff What Actually Happened During
  Term
• Provides Basis for Indirect Cost Studies/Indirect
  Cost Rate Development, Etc.

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Delaware Survey/Study

• Currently Paper Survey
• Hand Analysis by Chairs and Office of University
  Planning
• Provides Information About Faculty Activities
  Outside the Classroom

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By Combining

• Faculty Assignment System
• Faculty Activity Reporting System (FARS)
• Personnel Activity Reporting System (PARS)
• Delaware Survey About Faculty Activities Outside
  the
• Classroom
• And Maybe Others

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New Faculty/Staff Activity System

• On-line, Web-Based System
• Faculty/Staff Have Constant Access to Update as
  Needed
• Provide Evidence of Flow of Work From Assignment
  to Final Report

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Major Result

• Automates several Manual and Electronic
  Paper-Pushin Systems into an On-line, Web-Based
  Reconcilable System That Will Be User Friendly
  and Report Rich!

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Other Results

• Provide for Visual and Automated Reconciliations
  of Workload Issues
• Provide Timely Management Information
• Provide Data for Internal and External Reporting
• Provide Faculty Data for Personal Use Such as
  Vitae/Resume Updates, etc.
• Interacts with Related Systems

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Next Steps

• Work With College Representatives to Develop the
  Faculty Assignment System
• Define the Common Rules That Will Be Used to
  Reconcile Faculty/Staff Activities
• Develop Sample Prototypes of Data
  Collection Screens.

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Target Timeline

• Summer 2005 Definition Stage
• August 2005 - Faculty Assignments On-line
• Fall, 2005 Developmental Stage
• Spring, 2006 Developmental and Testing Stage
• Summer Term 2006 Implementation Stage

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Final Results

• Convenient and Efficient Collection,
  Reconciliation, and Reporting of Data Regarding
  Faculty and Staff Activities.
• Improved Reporting
• And Happier Faculty
  and Staff!!

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