Report to Faculty Senate

1
Report to Faculty Senate

• September 10, 2003
• Frances van Tassell
• Senate Vice-Chair

2
Meeting with Administrators

• September 3, 2003 meeting
• Six topics addressed
• Members
• Lou Pelton, Senate Chair
• Frances van Tassell, Senate Vice-Chair
• Marcia Staff, Senate Secretary
• Jeff Oxford, Past Chair

• Group I vacancy
• Group II Martha Tarlton
• Group III Dennis Mueller
• Group IV Vacancy
• Group V Dick White
• Group VI Jeff Allen
• Group VII Ann Jordan
• Group VIII Don Little
• AL Noreen Goggin

3
Commission on Status of Women

• Committee reports to the president
• Senate nominations go to the president
• 3 positions
• Will follow up on retention of female faculty

4
Relationships among VP offices

• VPAA, VPRTT, VPAA have same relationship as other
  vice presidents
• VPRTT assumed duties of Vice Chancellor for
  Research plus Provost/VPAA research duties
• Plus marketing of Research Park
• Senior VP for Administrative Affairs same as
  previous office held by Fred Pole
• Master planning now handled in Chancellors office

5
Academic Administrators Performance

• Fund raising
• More quantifiable goals in the future
• Quality of instruction and programs
• Provost evaluates
• Faculty morale
• Pohl encouraged more faculty involvement.
• Dr. Kesterson is conducting reviews of deans at
  the present time and will use Senate evaluations.

6
Responsibility Centered Management Report

• Teaching productivity of faculty
• Administrative costs of colleges/schools
• Percentage of unit budget consumed by
  administration
• What might be optimum percent for administration?
• Difficult to give common optimum
• Varying sizes and needs
• Possible potential of optimum ranges

7
Absence of Music at Convocation

• Criticism for including
• Criticism for not including
• Difficult to balance across arts programs
• EC encouraged inclusion of some type

8
UNT Consultants

• Major consulting expenditures
• 60k for lobbying group for federal grants
• Part of a 167k contract
• 120k in AY2004 for development
• Established for 10k per month
• Will include searching for president of
  foundation
• 142k for acquisition and improvements of TI plant
• Part of due diligence
• 119k for master plan for golf course property
• A loan to the university from itself, to be
  repaid with bonds