Ohio University employees eligible for a chunk of the 1 percent raise pool will begin to see it in their paychecks.
The raise appeared on payslips for classified, biweekly employees Nov. 29. They all received a 1 percent salary increase.
Eligible faculty will see the changes in their Dec. 15 payslips. These raises were granted based on merit for faculty and administrative employees, who can receive between a 0.25 percent and 3 percent increase in pay, depending on individual performance evaluations.
This 1 percent salary pool comes on top of the 2 percent salary increase for all employees, which was approved by OU’s Board of Trustees in June.
Updates on other university initiatives
Faculty Compensation Task Force
The Faculty Compensation Task Force has sent its report to Executive Vice President and Provost Pam Benoit in order to send it to the board at one of the future meetings.
The task force should have a recommendation and the raise pool ready to present to the board in March, said John Day, associate provost for academic budget and planning and chair of the committee.
Before presenting to the board, the committee will present to Faculty Senate and other involved parties to discuss the report, which will increase faculty total compensation so OU is ranked at least third in compensation in the state.
“We’re going to have to have conversations across campus on what people think of the plan,” Day said.
Right now, the task force is looking to raise total compensation over a three-year time period, but that is an estimate dependent on the amount of state subsidy OU receives.
Group II promotion
Colleges and departments had to submit their requirements for promotion of Group II faculty members by Dec. 1, said Elizabeth Sayrs, chair of Faculty Senate.
Faculty Senate approved a resolution allowing the possibility of promotion for Group II faculty—or teaching faculty—in April, and Group II faculty members who wish to apply for promotion must submit their dossiers by March 1.
General Education Task Force
The General Education Task Force is collecting data on the effectiveness of the current general education model and will be doing so until mid-December, said Robert Frank, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and co-chair of the task force.
This month, the task force will be summarizing the data it’s received per college in order to put together a report on its findings and make recommendations for the current system, Frank said.
To collect data, the task force advised each college’s dean on what data to collect, and from there it was up to the discretion of the dean to poll faculty and students in the college, Frank said in an previous Post article.
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— Sara Jerde contributed to this article.
This article appeared in print under the headline "University initiatives in full swing"
