QUESTION 27: What percentage should faculty receive as a merit-based increase on their annual performance evaluation?

Sixty-one of the 67 faculty members (91.0%) responded to this question. Figure 8 presents the distribution of responses. Twenty faculty members (29.8%) recommended an amount of 5% for merit increases awarded with yearly evaluations. Sixteen faculty members (26.2%) recommended a 3% increase, while an additional 11 (18.0%) recommended a 2% increase. Six of the total 67 faculty members (9.0%) declined to respond.

Recommended Percentage Increase for Merit Pay

FIGURE 8. Most faculty members who responded to this question felt that merit pay increases should be 5% annually.

NINE FACULTY MEMBERS RESPONDED WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS LISTED BELOW:

• oThis should depend on measurable impact or contribution. A presentation at a local meeting is not the same as a presentation at a national or international meeting. Service on a KSU committee is not the same as service on an international or national committee. Local activities are valuable, but meetings or activities at larger venues may be more impactful.
• oI do not trust the evaluation of faculty merit by those outside of a department.
• oWith current Chairs and Deans in place such evaluations would have to be vetted by a university-wide Committee similar to the Tenure and Promotion Committee. Otherwise, it is a formula for continued discrimination.

O 3~5%

• oVaries with level of merit, eh?
• oThere should be a merit pool of money that is distributed to those who have met the requirements for merit pay.
• oDepends on what is measured - and the validity of the measurement.
• oDepends on their evaluation.
• oThis should vary based upon level of service, scholarship and teaching evaluations.