EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 27834

Faculty Senate Telephone 757-6537

May 9, 1980

Chancellor Thomas Brewer

East Carolina University

Dear Chancellor Brewer:

At a special call meeting on May 5, 1980, the Faculty
Senate of East Carolina University adopted the attached
resolution, No. 80-42.

Your consideration of this resolution will be appreciated.

Sincerely,

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Thomas H. Johnson
Chairman of the Faculty

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Resolution Passed at the Special Call Meeting of the Faculty Senate on May 5,
1980:

(80-42)

WHEREAS, the Faculty Senate concurs with the efforts of the Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs to systematize the allocation of merit pay;
and

WHEREAS, the Faculty Senate supports a carefully devised evaluation
procedure; and

WHEREAS, the Faculty Senate recognizes the need for specific criteria on
which to base allocation of merit pay; and

WHEREAS, the Faculty Senate acknowledges the difficulty of devising valid
instruments for measuring meritorious service;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate urges the Vice Chancellor
to continue working with the unit heads and the faculty to resolve
questions raised about the present procedure for allocation of
merit pay; and

RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate recommends that the Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs, in accordance with the charge
recorded in Part II, Item 11 of the Faculty Manual, work with the
Faculty Affairs Committee to develop objective procedures for
allocating merit pay; and

RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate charge the Faculty Affairs
Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee for the Revision of Appendix C
to develop during the next academic year objective criteria and
procedures for evaluating individual faculty merit and allocation
of Merit pay; and

RESOLVED, that the aforementioned committees request from the
faculty of each unit a written report delineating relevant salary
increase criteria as they see fit, and report to the Senate at
least by the last regularly scheduled meeting of the Senate in
the spring of 1981; and

RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate instructs the Faculty Governance
Committee to include in the revised ECU Code a provision for faculty
participation in decisions concerning salaries in the unit.