Dear Colleagues:
We want to provide an update on faculty salary planning and share some good news. As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen faculty salaries, the Provost’s Office in consultation with the Faculty Affairs Committee and Subcommittee on Lecturers and Adjuncts advocated for new funding to achieve our faculty compensation goals in the University Budget Council process. As part of the 2022-23 University Budget process, we are pleased to announce that the University has funded:
- A 4 percent merit pool for all faculty.
- A 5 percent market adjustment for all senior lecturers, renewable-term lecturers, and adjunct faculty. These market adjustments will be combined with any merit or promotion increases and applied together to AY21-22 base salaries, and will be reflected in forthcoming letters of appointment.
- $800K in funding to support new faculty lines, housing and rental assistance, and summer research support.
These market adjustments are part of our larger efforts to “assure that faculty salaries are competitive with those of faculty at the same ranks in related disciplines at institutions” with which Santa Clara competes (Faculty Handbook 3.8.1). To this end, the Provost’s Office, the Faculty Affairs Committee and the Subcommittee on Lecturers and Adjuncts have been working to implement the guidelines of the Periodic Study of Faculty Salary Working Group (PSFSWG). These guidelines provide the framework for the enhancement of faculty salaries, and are undergoing revisions to include senior lecturers, renewable-term lecturers, and adjunct faculty salaries in the reports and budget targets. Additional detail about our multi-year efforts to implement the guidelines of the Periodic Study of Faculty Salaries can be found below. The Faculty Affairs Committee will present a full report on the faculty salary budget to the Faculty Senate Council in May.
Finally, we wanted to thank the Faculty Affairs Committee, the Subcommittee on Lecturers and Adjuncts, and the University Budget Council for their support as we work to achieve our faculty compensation goals.
Sincerely,
Kate Morris and Ed Ryan
Acting Provosts
Kitty Murphy
Associate Provost for Faculty Personnel and Policy
Market Adjustments to Support the Implementation of the Periodic Study of Faculty Salaries
Please note: These market adjustments are in addition to any merit pool increases in the given year.