The Numbers Subcommittee is working with PricewaterhouseCoopers to develop an accurate method for assessing the cost of operating the academic units of the Medical Center, and the amount by which Medical Center and University central administration will need to downsize for the Medical Center to be economically viable. The University Budget and Finance Committee is particularly concerned to develop accurate budget projections, and to ensure that working capital is not eroded further. It is a given in all the discussions I have heard that Main Campus resources will not be used to finance deficits in the Medical Center. Grievance Code and Committee . The Grievance Code describe the procedures that must be used when a faculty member wishes to address a grievance arising from departmental, school or administrative actions believed to materially harm the faculty member and violate University procedures or academic freedom or other faculty rights.
Grievances typically arise from dismissal, denial of tenure or promotion, and salary actions.
The Grievance Committee contains faculty from all three campuses. Due to the turmoil in the Medical Center, there has been an unusually large number of grievances lately. The Grievance Committee and the Senate have been particularly concerned to ensure that tenure rights are not diminished. The Senate will be reexamining the Code this year in light of the Board of Director's suspension of the Code in a Medical Center grievance last year. Such an action was not allowed by the Code, and raises serious concerns about University governance.