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KANSAN.COM
Some faculty and staff will see pay increase
The University is raising pay for faculty, staff and student workers.
► CHANDLER BOESE
@chandler_boese
Missy Minear/KANSAN
Even though students are seeing an increase in their tuition this year, many of those employed by the University will see a little of that returned to them with a merit increase.
The revenue generated by an earlier tuition increase will allow the University to raise the pay of faculty, staff and student workers who meet certain requirements such as length of employment and satisfactory evaluations.
In July, in response to funding cuts from the legislature, the University proposed a hike in tuition prices that varies from 5 to 6 percent, depending on a student's residency status and tuition plan. Of the projected $9 million generated by the increase, more than $5 million will go to merit increases for full-time faculty, full-time staff, graduate employees and undergraduate employees.
According to the proposal made to the Kansas Board of Regents in July, each eligible employee will see a 1.9 percent increase mid-year.
The allocation of funds was determined by the Tuition Advisory Committee, made up of students, faculty and staff from around the University. Provost Neeli Bendapudi, who spoke to the Kansan before
classes began, said the committee made the decision to prioritize staff and faculty retention.
"We've gone so many years without any real raises."
Neeli Bendapudi Provost
"We've gone so many years without any real raises for our staff and faculty, students and staff on the committee want to make sure
we are putting money towards that," she said.
Each employee must have a rating of "meets standards," "frequently exceeds standards" or "continuously exceeds standards" on their evaluation to be eligible for the increase, according to the HR website. Since the evaluations are only done once a year, any employee hired after March 1 is not eligible
Information on the Human Resources website said that eligibility for merit increases are determined by a variety of factors, including evaluations, responsibilities and skill acquisitions, though evaluations are often the largest component.
for the next year's increase.
According to the archived tuition proposals from the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, the University proposed a merit increase for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 as well, but it ended up not being funded due to changes in revenue. The last merit increase that went through was in January of 2014, said Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, news and media director for the University.
"In order to keep KU in tune with our peer institutions, every now and then when there is funding for it, we do provide a merit increase for our employees," she said.
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