The time is right for an academic professional pay equity audit. Provost Herman has agreed to meet with the AAP to discuss avenues for collaboration on the project. It's no secret that the system of AP employment needs improvement. One problem is that job titles have little correlation with pay or job duties.
Administrators are aware of the problem.
Over a 10-year period no fewer than three reports have called for equity audits, yet administrators have made little progress. In 1988, President Ikenberry commissioned a study by personnel consultant Ray Fortunato. As of October 1998 the human resources office had no internal equity data, although they do participate in national salary surveys which have been helpful for external comparisons of administrators' salaries. Although a merit system is in place for academic professional and open range employees, the overall result is that salary increases are not effectively tied to performance reviews for many employees. In some regards, the 10-year delay is understandable.