Archive for December, 2009
OSU furlough details
The official OSU furlough numbers have arrived…here is the monthly furlough breakdown for 9-month and 12-month employees:
| Monthly Base Salary Rate at 1.0 FTE* | Total Number of Furlough Days per Academic Year at 1.0 FTE** | Total Number of Furlough Days for 1/1/10 to 6/15/10 at 1.0 FTE** | Amount of Furlough Time Off Per Month for 1/1/10 to 6/30/10 at 1.0 FTE** |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2,450 or less | 3 days | 1.83 days | 2.66 hours |
| $2,451 to $3,105 | 4.5 days | 2.75 days | 4 hours |
| $3,106 to $5,733 | 5.25 days | 3.2 days | 4.66 hours |
| $5,734 to $8,333 | 6 days | 3.66 days | 5.32 hours |
| $8,334 to $10,934 | 7.5 days | 4.57 days | 6.65 hours |
| $10,935 and over | 9 days | 5.49 days | 7.98 hours |
| Monthly Base Salary Rate at 1.0 FTE* | Total Number of Furlough Days per Fiscal Year at 1.0 FTE ** | Total Number of Furlough Days for 1/1/10 to 6/30/10 at 1.0 FTE** | Amount of Furlough Time Off Per Month for 1/1/10 to 6/30/10 at 1.0 FTE** |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2,450 or less | 4 days | 2 days | 2.67 hours |
| $2,451 to $3,105 | 6 days | 3 days | 4 hours |
| $3,106 to $5,733 | 7 days | 3.5 days | 4.67 hours |
| $5,734 to $8,333 | 8 days | 4 days | 5.33 hours |
| $8,334 to $10,934 | 10 days | 5 days | 6.67 hours |
| $10,935 and over | 12 days | 6 days | 8 hours |
* Monthly base salary rate is derived by dividing the employee’s annual base salary rate by either 9 or 12 appointment basis.
** Furlough time off will be prorated for employees working less than 1.0 FTE.
via the Gazette-Times
ACPA + NASPA + Student Affairs Technology
ACPA recently sent out an email announcement calling for applications for the ACPA Technology Advisory Committee:
The ACPA Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) is a member-driven advisory committee charged by the Executive Director of ACPA with developing the association’s long term Information Technology strategic plan and evaluating and recommending technology initiatives aimed at furthering the association’s strategic initiatives. In addition, the TAC is tasked with evaluating large-scale IT project requests to determine their applicability to long- and short-term association goals and, when necessary, to priority rank IT initiatives.
The TAC description made me feel quite hopeful about the state of student affairs technology…and then I read the following:
“You don’t have to be a technology expert to apply. We are looking for committed ACPA members with an interest in technology who are not afraid to voice their thoughts.”
Why, oh why, does membership in the TAC, which will drive the long term information technology strategic plan for ACPA, not require that someone be a technology expert? How can you evaluate IT projects, further strategic initiatives, and recommend technologies if you are not an expert? Is ACPA saying that there are not student affairs practitioners who are technology experts?
Not to be outdone by the ACPA Technology Advisory Committee notice, NASPA Tech Tools recently posted a word-for-word copy of a 2 month-old article about Google Wave from the Chronicle of Higher Education without really attributing the article. The NASPA Tech Tools site was created to “bridge the gap between student affairs and technology.” Unfortunately, it seems like a chasm at the moment…
What is going on with the state of student affairs and technology? 3 years have passed since I last wrote about ACPA, NASPA, and technology and it’s hard to tell if anything substantial has happened.
Furloughs and Privilege
It was almost two weeks ago when the Oregon State University faculty senate voted for furloughs for all faculty (grant-supported salary is exempt) in 2010. It should be noted that the Oregon State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors “came out in support of furloughs provided that a number of important principles be included in the resolution.” I agree with the OSU AAUP’s suggestions. The top income tiers for furloughs need to be modified so that people who make more than $14,000 per month take more furlough days. If you make $168,000 pre-tax, I think you can handle a bit more of a cut. If you can’t make ends meet, then perhaps you should hire me to manage your finances.
Speaking of privilege…OSU Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Robert P. Garrett, decided that the best way to address the furlough situation was to attack Oregon State’s multicultural support programs via a letter in the Corvallis Gazette-Times. According to “Bobby,” OSU’s programs that support underrepresented and/or historically marginalized groups represent a redundant financial burden on our predominantly white campus. In summary, a white male professor on a mostly white campus says that there are just too many campus groups that support women, people of color, and LGBT folks. I wonder how many groups/organizations/offices at OSU are made up of a majority of straight white men. Anecdotally, I would offer that there are a lot…more in fact, than the “redundant” orgs of which Robert writes.
Here are few of the choicest bits from Robert P. Garrett’s letter with a few added thoughts from yours truly:
