{ "document_id": 16782, "page": 96, "width_pt": 612, "height_pt": 792, "rotation": 0, "pipeline_version": "paddleocr-vl-1.6+paul-48", "engine": "paddleocr_vl", "source_run_id": 16900, "item_count": 13, "counts_by_type": { "footer": 2, "header": 1, "text": 10 }, "build_ms": 2, "items": [ { "id": "p96.1", "order": 1, "type": "header", "bbox": { "l": 468, "t": 769.92, "r": 576, "b": 756.96 }, "text": "Faculty Comments cont.", "attrs": { "block_label": "header" }, "level": 2 }, { "id": "p96.2", "order": 2, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.84, "t": 739.2, "r": 577.68, "b": 647.76 }, "text": "o Salaries at KSU are not the lowest in the state, but they always have been inequitable. Most (not all) of the salaries in our department are $20,000 - $30,000 below what professionals with our education and experience would make in the community. Of course, we all recognize that some faculty are most qualified than others, so some could gain employment elsewhere, while others could not (despite their claims). Also, over the years, some faculty have been allowed to negotiate their salaries, while that door has been firmly closed for others. Then, under the last administration, changes were made in the name of racial equity for a few faculty - not many - based on individual negotiations and relationships, and the discrepancies and hurt feelings grew, across campus. We have lost excellent faculty, over the years, due to this problem and we need to deal with it." }, { "id": "p96.3", "order": 3, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.84, "t": 647.28, "r": 577.92, "b": 606.96 }, "text": "o I hope that the outcome of the survey will be an increase in long-term faculty's salaries rather than a reduction in new faculty salaries. If we cut new faculty salaries, we could lose them and be left with the alt-right, 80% white faculty we currently have, which makes the university an anomaly among HBCUs." }, { "id": "p96.4", "order": 4, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.36, "t": 594.72, "r": 578.16, "b": 555.6 }, "text": "o I have brought in over $1.1 million in competitive outside funding. I believe that faculty should be given financial incentives for bringing in outside funding to the university. It is common for other research institutions to award a bonus to faculty who are awarded grants." }, { "id": "p96.5", "order": 5, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.6, "t": 554.64, "r": 578.16, "b": 514.56 }, "text": "o Change in status happened in 2012 without any consideration for past service. It is difficult to answer some of these questions based on that issue. Rank and salary were not adjusted when that happened based on past service to the university. That needs to be addressed before we can we can balance compensation in this department." }, { "id": "p96.6", "order": 6, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.36, "t": 501.84, "r": 577.68, "b": 474.96 }, "text": "o KSU faculty salaries are profoundly demoralizing. There have been no raises for nine years. Rank/discipline ranges have not been adjusted for 12 years. We feel abused and forgotten." }, { "id": "p96.7", "order": 7, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.36, "t": 462.24, "r": 578.4, "b": 408.48 }, "text": "o I am pleased to hear Dr. Brown's comments about potential raises. However, in addition to increases with rank changes, all faculty, and especially in my department, are long overdue for raises in general, and at the least, professors who have been here for many years should be brought current to pay for new hires in the same department. Then, the raises for rank increases should apply after that has been achieved." }, { "id": "p96.8", "order": 8, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.6, "t": 396.72, "r": 456.48, "b": 382.56 }, "text": "Question 36: Is there anything you would like to say about any topic not addressed in this survey?" }, { "id": "p96.9", "order": 9, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.12, "t": 369.84, "r": 576.96, "b": 343.2 }, "text": "o In August, the president boasted about KSU's being the most diverse HBCU in the nation. Then he introduced his resoundingly non-diverse cabinet. The administration seems anything but color-blind." }, { "id": "p96.10", "order": 10, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.84, "t": 330.48, "r": 577.68, "b": 303.36 }, "text": "o Unfairness and inability to report grievances to respective dean when spouse is the chairman of the division/department where the grievance arises from." }, { "id": "p96.11", "order": 11, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.36, "t": 291.12, "r": 578.4, "b": 158.16 }, "text": "o It would be helpful to many faculty, staff, and students if there were better communication from Academic Affairs. I have heard quite a few people say that it is difficult to get responses, or that meetings are often cancelled. Another communication issue is the way that KSU news and announcements are now handled. We used to be able to just scroll down on the web page to see all the announcements, but now things are going out in emails that go into clutter or junk mail, and people don't get news as they should. The current policy of not publishing anything that is not submitted by Monday afternoon really inhibits communication about things that may come up on short notice. For example, I receive information from several sources where webinars are announced, and I would customarily share them through the public announcements. Now I am unable to do this, and I believe that opportunities are being missed because the word doesn't get out in time. Making people click on links to read things is likely to make them scroll past without bothering to click. Please don't make it harder to communicate with colleagues and students." }, { "id": "p96.12", "order": 12, "type": "footer", "bbox": { "l": 277.2, "t": 70.32, "r": 336.24, "b": 48.96 }, "text": "", "attrs": { "block_label": "footer_image" } }, { "id": "p96.13", "order": 13, "type": "footer", "bbox": { "l": 262.08, "t": 47.28, "r": 348.96, "b": 36.96 }, "text": "Page 96 of 218", "attrs": { "block_label": "number" } } ], "excluded_furniture": { "first": [], "last": [] } }