recommendation by CPE is accepted. Also per Vice President Lockridge, CPE through the Program Review and Investigation Committee, has requested 10 years' worth of data for a Cost Drivers in Higher Education study. This information is due to CPE in December.

Gary Meiseles, Director Human Resource Services gave a presentation of several projects. Per Mr. Meiseles, HR will be coordinating a compensation and classification study. The last time a study was completed was ten years ago. A representative committee of six KSU employees reviewed responses from a Request for Proposal from five firms. Fox Lawson was awarded the project. Per Mr. Meiseles, Fox Lawson has been a compensation consulting practice since 1981, 90% of the firm's business was conducted with public employees, 40% has been conducted with colleges and universities including HBCUs and land grant institutions. Mr. James Fox, Project Manager, has thirty years of compensation design experience and twenty seven of those were with higher education. The scope of the project is position classification for all non-faculty positions which will include appropriate designations of positions as exempt or non-exempt; compensation review for both faculty and staff with a comparison with peer institutions, recruiting markets and academic disciplines and will include a race and gender equity study; review and make recommendations for a performance management system as well as a compensation policy. Dr. Fox will be on campus in December to provide the project overview to all employees and explain the PDQ (Position Description Questionnaire) that all non-faculty will need to complete by January 2014. The job analysis and evaluation is to be completed March 2014; benchmarking and pay recommendations completed by July 2014; performance management systems completed by September 2014 and the final report submitted by October 2014.

Per Mr. Meiseles, 431 out of 433 staff employees completed the ghost payroll audit which required employees to verify their identity. The remaining two staff members were on paid administrative leave and will complete the audit process upon their return. The faculty and student audit is to be completed by November 8, 2013.

Mr. Meiseles stated that the Health Fair and Tobacco Free Campus Initiative kickoff was held October 21, 2013 which was co-sponsored by Neace Lukens. There were a number of participating agencies and the university's College of Agriculture made several presentations. The Employee Retirement Readiness Fair is scheduled to be held October 28, 2013.

There was discussion of the My Math Lab Fee which was not presented with the Budget during the August BOR meeting. No action was taken due to a lack of quorum.