Faculty Finance Committee
Meetings
Meetings are normally held on Mondays at 2:00 pm in the Dean's conference room in 2014 Turlington.
Members
Chair
- Paul Robinson, Mathematics (06-09, appointed), robinson@math.ufl.edu
392-0281 x 273, LIT 362
Behavioral & Social Sciences
- Ron Akers, Sociology (2006-2009), rla@crim.ufl.edu
392-2230, 201 Walker - Ken Wald, Political Science (2006-2009), kenwald@polisci.ufl.edu
392-0262 x 267, 234 Anderson - Sam Brown, Communication Sciences and Disorders (2006-2009), wsbrown@csd.ufl.edu
392-2046, 63 Dauer Hall - Monika Ardelt, Sociology (2008-2011), ardelt@soc.ufl.edu
392-0265 x 247, 3350 Turlington
Humanities
- Mary Ann Eaverly, Classics (2006-2009), eaverly@classics.ufl.edu,
392-2075 x 264, 125 D Dauer - Susan Hegeman, English (2006-2009), jwp@english.ufl.edu
392-6550 and 376-7743, 4119 Turlington - David Pharies, Romance Languages and Literatures (2008-2011), pharies@ufl.edu
392-2016 x 222, 170 Dauer - Caroline Wiltshire, Linguistics (2008-2011), wiltshir@ufl.edu
392-0639 x 224, 4131-C Turlington
Natural & Mathematical Sciences
- H. Jane Brockmann, Zoology (2006-2009), hjb@zoo.ufl.edu
392-1297, 320 Bartram - Alan Dorsey, Physics (2006-2009), chair@phys.ufl.edu
392-0521, 2201D NPB - Paul Robinson, Mathematics (2006-2009, appointed), robinson@math.ufl.edu
392-0281 x 273, LIT 362 - Natural, physical and mathematical sciences (1): Kenneth Mertz
(Chemistry)
Ex Officio Dean’s Office Liaisons
- Margaret Fields, Assistant Dean for Research & Development, mfields@clas.ufl.edu, 392-2230
- Kimberly Browne, Budget Director, kbrowne@ufl.edu
392-1516
Student Representative
- Alyssa Lunin
alyssa31@ufl.edu
Reports
Recommendations
2008 Final Report
2007 Final Report
Subcommittee 1 Report
Subcommittee 3 Report
Files
Minutes
- February 22, 2008
- February 11, 2008
- February 4, 2008
- January 28, 2008
- November 5, 2007
- October 22, 2007
- October 8, 2007
- September 24, 2007
- September 10, 2007
- March 28, 2007
- March 21, 2007
- February 28, 2007
- February 21, 2007
- February 14, 2007
- February 7, 2007
- January 24, 2007
- January 17, 2007
- January 10, 2007
- January 2, 2007
- December 12, 2006
- December 5, 2006
- November 28, 2006
Charge to the Committee
General Charge
The committee is charged to advise the Dean on the management, control and distribution of the College’s financial resources. The committee is charged specifically with assessing the distribution to units of operating expenses (OE), other personalservices (OPS), graduate students, adjuncts, temporary appointments and recurring salary funds (vacant staff, faculty, lecturer positions) and develop a transparent model for budget allocations that provides the required financial support to meet the mission of each unit. The mission includes maintaining SCHs and graduation rates in our critical areas of core programs, and developing new educational, service or research programs.
The committee is also charged to advise the Dean on developing a planning budget each year for the next fiscal year. In this task they will interface with departments and centers for the annual program review exercises.
The committee is also tasked to develop a set of best practices for the budgeting of departments and guidelines to departments for the responsible management of their resources. The committee should also aid in the identification of instruments for logical budgeting.
The best practices and guidelines will include the management responsibilities of chairs and directors, proper consideration of faculty assignments and class sizes, class enrollments and the maintenance of educational standards with the need to have students taught by faculty at all levels.
Investments are to be planned strategically to advance the academic reputation of units, to grow PhD programs (in line with UF goals) and to replace/add faculty in key strategic areas for the College. The Strategic planning should consider opportunities to reorganize and reform the College into a structure that recognizes educational and research models.
Short Term Task
The Committee is charged to review the planning of allocations and costs of meeting the academic mission of all units for the next two fiscal years with the goal of balancing the College budget by FY 2008/09. The assumptions to be used are that there is only a 3% inflationary increase in E&G funding per year, that many of the vacant lines due to retirement may not be filled in the short term, and that the SCHs available in the mainstream areas will be maintained.
Long Term Task
Develop a plan beyond 2008/09 that extends over 5-years that includes restructuring where appropriate to build new programs and synergies that use some of the vacant lines to strengthen and advance strategic areas for the College. In this task the committee will solicit information from chairs, the Dean’s Executive Committee (new Constitutional Committee to replace Dean’s Advisory Council), directions, clientele that we serve (premed, pre-engineering, etc.), UF strategic planning and communicate to CLAS chairs and directors.