potential of more units coming forward with various individual standards and the potential issues to be addressed should that happen. A Senator expressed the potential for unequal standards in rigor across the University if these standards are not reviewed comprehensively outside the units and in relationship to standards in other areas.

Chair Rye reported that BASC asked Institutional Research for budgetary data that has been provided each semester for the past two years, authorized by both President Burse and Interim President Thompson. These include: 1.) Sortable excel document of Current Employee List per Primary Assignment, including supplemental pay categories, with salaries listed but names redacted, and 2.) Current Adopted Budget by Organizational Code, line-item. Director of Institutional Research, Yulianna Susanto, informed BASC that release of such information would have to be approved by President Brown. The President has not responded to such request by BASC.

She reported there has been no response to BASC's inquiries to Academic Affairs of the status of Area Coordinator pay. VPAA Thomas was present and informed Senate that "most" Chairs have submitted ePAFs for their coordinators, but declined to say which have not. She said area coordinators will be paid in December for this semester's work. President Brown reminded Senate that he had called for Chairs to submit the names of their coordinators in his meeting with faculty last month. Chair Rye reiterated a request for timely correspondence and dialogue between administrators and committees and pointed out this was one of the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Resolutions, completed over the summer. This would help to resolve issues and would be more efficient.

BASC 17-18-01, which was presented and tabled September 15, 2017, was revised and re-submitted with unanimous BASC recommendation. Chair Rye said BASC revised to emphasize their role in budgetary decisions and communication of data to the Board of Regents.

Description: The 2017-18 Faculty Senate is of the opinion that the Board of Regents should receive more accurate and current revenue data. Because the Dean model is not appropriate for KSU at the present time, the Faculty Senate requests this resolution in its entirety be presented to the Board of Regents before the December meeting.

Rationale: The administrative structure, and number of administrators, at KSU should r responsibly reflect the size of the student population, especially relative to other institutions our size. The Board of Regents should be presented with more accurate and current data, including full-time student enrollment numbers that represent actual revenue generated by tuition, before permanent dean positions are advertised and hired. The Faculty Senate is not convinced that the initiative is revenue neutral.

The budgetary challenges faced by KSU should dictate no such additional administrative positions, especially considering:

Current instructional spending is at a critical low

○ Lack of faculty merit or cost-of-living raises for several years

○ Insufficient unit operating budgets

○ Insufficient number of Facility employees to acceptably clean and serve academic buildings

o KSU is smaller in enrollment now than when the multiple Dean structure was done away with in 2014