Special Committee Report on Administrative Bloat

A Special Committee of the Appalachian AAUP Chapter will present to the Faculty Senate on Sept 9, 2013 a report on the growth in executive-level administrative positions on our campus, comparing the campus in 1990 and in 2011. Details will follow the formal presentation of the report.

What are YOUR ideas to improve ASU?

Who says faculty are just whiners and naysayers? Let’s offer our serious suggestions for major improvements that could be made to our campus.  Let’s not talk about the little obvious things like pay the faculty more money or provide us with designated parking spots or at least free coffee in faculty lounges. Let’s talk about steps that would make for broad institutional-level changes that would improve faculty productivity and morale, improve student learning, and make App State a better public university.

Some things that have been suggested here and there include:

— develop a plan for partner hires

–have App State join the Tuition Exchange so that talented college-bound children of faculty and staff can attend any of the 600+ colleges in the consortium for free

–allow students to attend school year-round, and allow faculty members to choose which of three semesters they want to work (fall, spring, or summer)

PLEASE OFFER YOUR BRILLIANT IDEAS (NO RANTS, PLEASE!) IN THE COMMENTS SECTION!

ASU Salary Book is Online

Look up the current year’s faculty and admin salaries online by going to the ASU library website and entering the title “EPA salary increase report” in the search box.  Under Prof. Jill Ehnenn’s leadership three years ago, the Faculty Senate negotiated with Business Affairs for the return of the BD.119 every October and for this document to be accessible online.