Lou Villadsen will present the University s policy on User Fees in a future meeting. AVC Soncia Lilly will research the Ashe Center fee. Some questions were raised regarding policies on user fees, particularly the missed appointment fee charged by Student Health. Since this issue requires more research, it will be discussed at a future meeting. Academic salaries and benefits are set through one process.
Staff goes through another process.
Lou stressed that Graduate students and TA s are academic appointments, not staff. The University has had a division between benefits offered to career and those offered to casual staff. If an appointment is made on a career position, that appointment is considered to be indefinite. Casual staffers do not receive as many health benefits and are not in the University retirement system. The idea was that Casual appointments were considered temporary in nature.