The following is an update on the development of each Plan area:
KSU legal counsel completed a draft of a Policy on Policies, which will be submitted to the KSU Board of Regents for consideration of adoption at its July meeting. The Policy on Policies outlines procedures for developing, revising and implementing all internal University policies. A Policy on Policies is essential for any large organization with multiple policies governing multiple areas of operation to provide transparency, consistency and accountability. CPE staff reviewed the policy and supports its adoption by the board.
KSU legal counsel also is currently developing a policy template to be included in the Policy on Policies, as well as a cataloging system for policies. All university policies are being collected and reviewed, and all policies that will be in effect moving forward will be revised and approved per the Policy on Policies. For example, human resources policies will be reviewed and updated in July, and the student handbook will be reviewed and updated before the beginning of the fall 2022 semester. The faculty handbook and business manual also are currently being reviewed, and revised versions will be submitted for approval in the fall. Both KSU and CPE legal counsel will review policies for compliance with state and federal law, and if necessary, due to the specialized nature of the policy's subject matter, KSU will obtain specialized, independent legal expertise to assist in the review process.
KSU provided CPE with an up-to-date Excel spreadsheet listing all employees with data including, but not limited to, hire date, job title, department, business unit, faculty rank and tenure status, salary, and benefits. This report can be run at any time and updated in short order. CPE staff currently are reviewing that data and determining what additional data elements are needed, if any. Once finalized, this report will allow CPE to ascertain the current salary ranges by title, tenure status (for faculty) and within departments. CPE also is in the process of obtaining information on KSU adjunct professor pay and faculty overload pay structure.
Soon, CPE will begin collecting information on salary ranges and benefits from the benchmark institutions used in CPE's KSU Financial Assessment Report issued in November 2011 and other Kentucky public universities so that comparisons can be made. KSU is a member of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources which provides salary and benefit information from other member institutions (92% of all doctoral-granting institutions); this will be an indispensable resource in the benchmarking process. Finally, the creation of a balanced