William Jury Vice Provost for Academic Personnel

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William JuryVice Provost for Academic Personnel

• Spring Quarter
• Department Chair Forum
• May 26, 2005

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Academic Personnel Issues for Discussion

• Analysis of 2004-5 file progress
• CALL changes
• Ongoing personnel policy issues and future
  changes
• Visa policy

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Analysis of File Progress

• CHASS 85 of merits are completed
• CNAS 70 of merits are completed
• COE 73 of merits are completed
• AGSM 75 of merits are completed
• Education 90 of merits are completed
• Biomed 90 of merits are completed

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Call Changes

• Changes are mainly clarifications and minor
  changes in due dates
• More substantive changes are still under
  discussion

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Call Changes

• Difference List
• Conditionally or provisionally accepted items
  should be listed as submitted
• Candidates have the option of including a one
  page cover sheet to provide a desciption of the
  publication/creative work venues
• Teaching Load Data Form
• Departments are encouraged to provide a statement
  on teaching. The statement may be used to
  explain departmental teaching norms, the unusual
  circumstances which lead to some courses not
  being evaluated, and any other elements of
  teaching that may be unique to the department.

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Policy Change Discussions

• Required use of teaching evaluations
• Service credit for overload teaching
• Service-driven merit cycle

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Call Issues Requiring Clarification

• Step VI criteria
• Criteria for acceleration
• Advancement to and within AS
• Accelerated promotion
• Career review

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Unresolved Personnel Issues of Concern to Faculty
and Administration

• Step VI advancement
• Salary inversion
• Overscale and market value
• Pre-emptive retention

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Visa Discussion

• Visa types J-1 and H-1
• Proposed change in visa administration at UCR

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J-1 Visa

• Intended for researchers in training
• Now limited to 5 years.
• Processing time is 2-3 months
• Workload for ISC is 1-2 hours.
• Restrictions Researchers could potentially be
  barred from changing from J-1 to H-1B status.
• Cost to researcher SEVIS fee of 100, visa
  application fee (varies.)

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H-1B Visa

• Intended for long-term researchers and staff
  titles.
• Limited to 6 years.
• Processing time of 5-8 months. (Premium is 3-5
  months)
• Workload for ISC 4-5 hours.
• Cost to department 185.00 application fee plus
  500.00 fraud prevention and detection fee.
• Additional 1,000.00 premium processing fee.
• Cost to researcher visa application fee
  (varies).

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Proposed UCR Policy for H-1B

• Initial appointment has to be for more than three
  years regardless of current visa status
• except if researcher is at the end of J-1 status
  from previous employment or if s/he is already in
  H-1B status).
• Job titles
• Postdoctoral Scholar (formerly PGR)
• Staff Research Associate
• Specialist
• Project Scientist
• No H-1B status for non-academic research or
  teaching employment.
• Any exceptions have to be approved by the Vice
  Provost for Academic Personnel.