Faculty Compensation FY2025

Committee Details:

Committee: Faculty Compensation
Committee Category: Standing Committees of the Faculty Senate
Fiscal Year: FY2025

Members—

  • Glenda Mckeithan, Special Education, Faculty, Voting, 2027
  • Elizabeth Berghout, Music, Faculty, Voting, 2025
  • Patricia E Gaston, Journalism & Mass Communications, Faculty, Voting, 2025
  • Megan Sheldon, Spanish & Portuguese, CLAS, Faculty, Voting, 2026
  • Amy Mendenhall, Provost's Office Rep., Ex-officio, Non-voting, 

Charges—

Standing Charges

  • Collect information on levels and distribution of faculty salaries. Report and make policy recommendations to FacEx and the Faculty Senate, including a 1-page executive summary of the Final Report.

Specific Charges

  • Continue to discuss with AIRE the possibility of establishing recurring equity studies under a workable timeframe. 
  • Follow up with AIRE regarding opportunities for more transparent interaction with data, for example through dashboards.   
  • Monitor AIRE’s analysis of compensation within a given rank using years in that rank as an explanatory variable.
  • Examine the range of current salaries as a percentage of each person’s initial salary in their current rank as a method of detecting disparities in the distribution of raises.
  • Be prepared to consult with United Academics of the University of Kansas (UAKU), if requested, in matters relevant to the work of the committee.

Faculty Compensation FY2025