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According to BoR policy (USG Academic & Student Affairs Handbook 4.3.5), when a faculty member on an academic year contract is given a fiscal year administrative appointment, the institution should pay the faculty member an administrative stipend based on the job description and responsibilities related to the administrative role. The administrative stipend will be identified separately from the base salary amount in the faculty member’s contract and the contract will specify that the stipend is no longer available when the administrative appointment ends.
The nine-month faculty salary is set based on a comparison to other faculty members in the administrator’s academic department who have similar rank and qualifications. Because all KSU academic administrators are on twelve-month contracts, a twelve-month salary is determined by multiplying the nine-month salary by 1.3. An administrative stipend may be added to the twelve-month salary based on market conditions for a particular position, and/or to recognize additional requirements and/or unique qualifications for the position. Some academic administrators may not receive administrative stipends because their nine-month faculty salary equates to the appropriate twelve-month administrative salary. Conversions to and from 12-month status are effective at the start of the new fiscal year (July 1).
Calculating the total administrative salary in this manner allows for both consideration of internal equity (salaries for faculty already employed by KSU) and external equity (market salaries for individuals holding similar administrative positions at other institutions).
If an academic administrator leaves the administrative position to return to the faculty, the administrative stipend is removed and the salary is converted from twelve to nine-months by dividing the twelve-month salary (minus the administrative stipend) by 1.3.
Merit dollars are available for the full amount of the administrative salary including the stipend. Based on the recommendation of the supervisor and the approval of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, the merit pay increase can be applied to the total salary or used to increase the stipend. Stipend amounts are renewed yearly and the administrator’s supervisor should adjust the stipend as needed in order to maintain both an appropriate nine-month faculty salary and a competitive twelve-month administrative salary including stipend.
Forms for administrative stipend requests are available on the Faculty Affairs Forms and Templates website.
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