Faculty Senate: Disbursement Plan

Faculty Development Funds Disbursement Plan

On March 1, 2006, the Faculty Senate passed Motion 05-68 accepting the Faculty Senate Development and Appropriations Committee recommendation to distribute the $124,408 faculty development funds.

The Faculty Senate Development and Appropriations Committee passed the following recommendation to distribute the $100,000 faculty development funds as follows:

1. $23,000 distributed evenly to academic departments (excluding Military Science/ROTC and Aerospace Studies/AFROTC). A department disbursement will be made to the Faculty Senate based on the ruling of 2004 that the senate chair represents faculty not assigned to academic departments.
2. $500 to Military Science/ROTC.
3. $500 to Aerospace Studies/AFROTC.
4. $100,000, plus any unexpended or unclaimed funds from the Faculty Development grant process, distributed to academic departments (excluding Military Science/ROTC and Aerospace Studies/AFROTC), with each department receiving an amount proportional to its fall FTEF. These funds are to be used exclusively for individual or departmental faculty development. In order to receive the funds, departments must be provide a rationale and explanation for the use of the funds that is in alignment with the department's strategic planning goals. Disbursements to academic programs not associated with a single academic department will be made based on fall FTEF. Faculty on leave do not count as an FTEF for this disbursement.
5. The above funds are to be used exclusively for individual faculty development. In order to receive these monies, each department must provide a rationale and explanation for the use of these funds.

1. professional travel
2. professional dues and/or memberships
3. professional subscriptions
4. professional resources
5. participation in professional growth conferences
6. in-services