TO:Joel Sipress, Chair Faculty Senate

MEMORANDUM

DATE:November 12, 2009

Chris Markwood, Provost

FROM:Faith Hensrud, Associate Vice Chancellor

RE:Revised Summer Session Compensation Recommendation (revised 11-12-09)

The Faculty Senate Executive Committee requested changes to the summer session compensation recommendation as follows (Nov. 6, 2009 email from Joel Sipress):

1)Eliminate options 1, 2 and 4 from the Oct. 15, 2009 recommendation (Note: Table 3 in the Oct. 15th memo was correct; however, the attachment to that document reversed options 3 and 4. Refer to Table 3 in the Oct. 15th memo).

2)Keep option 3, which provided increased pay based on enrollments for earnings up to $2,000 per credit.

3)Add a 5th option that is a modification of option 4 in Table 3 of the Oct. 15th memo.

4)Additionally, summer course caps must mirror those for semester courses. Example: if a course has a cap of 30 students for fall or spring, the cap must be set for no less than 30 students for summer.

5)Additional consideration was requested to use departmental averaging for year-round graduate programs or all programs.

Given the decision to NOT budget GPR for summer session, the only remaining option for summer session is a program revenue model. A program revenue model must cover both direct and indirect cost of instruction. Indirect costs include fringe benefits and administrative costs. If a program revenue model is not agreed to, summer session may be offered using a Continuing Education compensation model with courses ONLY offered through Continuing Education or Distance Learning.

With the revisions that were made to the original recommendation at the request of Senate Executive Committee, we are pushing the limits of the program revenue model by eliminating options 1 and 2. For this reason, it will be difficult to make further concessions.

Therefore, if either options 3 or 5 are adopted for summer 2009:

(1) All courses will be compensated on a per credit basis as opposed to contact hours (exception is the 12 credit internship; compensation will use the new pay scale but will follow the 2009 summer strategy for these high credit courses);

(2) Departmental averaging may be considered for ONLY Graduate programs in Educational Administration and Counseling in consultation between the Associate Vice Chancellor and the Department Chair. This would result in lower pay for high enrolling courses, as all faculty would earn the same rate of pay. This is NOT a desired strategy from an administrative standpoint. The prorated pay that is included in both options handles this appropriately and allows all courses to be offered regardless of enrollments.

Additional Information:

To better understand the options that have been recommended in Table 2, the average salaries for the academic year along with average salaries that were paid in summer 2009 are included in Table 1.

The average summer session compensation for associate professor in summer 2009 was $1,506.
Average enrollment for summer 2009 was 12 students per course.
In summer 2009, the lowest enrolling course had 3 students and the highest had 27 students (this does NOT include distance learning or continuing education courses).
Salaries were prorated in 2009; however, not to the level suggested here.

Table 1: Average salaries by rank

UW-Superior Average Salaries by Rank
2009
Title / Average Salary / Per Credit Rate / 2009 Average
summer session
Senior Lecturer / $ 40,530.00 / $ 1,351.00 / $1,126
Assistant Professor / $ 50,390.00 / $ 2,099.58 / $1,400
Associate Professor / $ 54,223.00 / $ 2,259.29 / $1,506
Professor / $ 67,251.00 / $ 2,802.13 / $1,868

Table 2 includes the changes that were requested by Faculty Senate Executive Committee.Option 3 provides an earnings maximum of $2,000 per credit with the $1,500 per credit rate being reached at 15 undergraduate or 10 graduate students. Option 3 provides a greater earnings incentive for higher enrolling courses.

Option 5 provides a lower enrollment threshold to meet what would be considered a fully funded course at $1,500 per credit. However, it limits the maximum earnings per credit to $1,500 for courses that meet the enrollment threshold of 12 undergraduate or 9 graduate students. There also is a slightly higher rate of pay for courses that enroll 11 undergraduate students or 8 graduate students.

It is important to state once again that courses CANNOT be capped at lower enrollment thresholds. To do that would impact the viability of both options.

Please refer to the Oct. 15th Summer Session pay memo for additional summer session considerations. A decision in November is essential for summer session planning to move forward.

Table 2: Revised recommendations with Option 3 (original) and Option 5 (new)

Summer Session Compensation Models 2010
*Option 1 / *Option
2 / Option 3 (original) / *Option 4 / Option 5 (new)
Enrollment / UGR / Grad / Enrollment / UGR / Grad Salary
Salary / Salary / Salary / per credit
per credit / per credit / per credit
1 / $100 / $150 / 1 / $100 / $150
2 / $200 / $300 / 2 / $200 / $300
3 / $300 / $450 / 3 / $300 / $450
4 / $400 / $600 / 4 / $400 / $600
5 / $500 / $750 / 5 / $500 / $750
6 / $600 / $900 / 6 / $600 / $900
7 / $700 / $1,050 / 7 / $700 / $1,050
8 / $800 / $1,200 / 8 / $800 / $1,275
9 / $900 / $1,350 / 9 / $900 / $1,500
10 / $1,000 / $1,500 / 10 / $1,000
11 / $1,100 / $1,600 / 11 / $1,250
12 / $1,200 / $1,700 / 12+ / $1,500
13 / $1,300 / $1,800
14 / $1,400 / $1,900
15 / $1,500 / $2,000
16 / $1,600
17 / $1,700
18 / $1,800
19 / $1,900
20 / $2,000