UAS FACULTY SENATE REVISIONS,05/06/05

 

Hinterberger’s version of UA Faculty Workload System

Project Charter (Feb. 4, 2005)

 Purpose

 Implement a more efficient and interactive electronic database system for faculty workload and activity reports across the University of Alaska System

Specific Objectives

 Convenient, automated process for creation, review, revision and communication of a faculty workload

·         Workload document conversion into an editable activity report

·         First step towards an automated system for electronically updating CV’s, promotion and tenure packets, and grant proposal information

·         Paper-less

·         Integrates with existing information technology (Banner) to the greatest extent possible

·         Controlled, secure access to faculty workload and activity reports over the public internetwithin the UA network

·         Meet the needs of faculty members (e.g., reduced time for compiling, easily revised and resubmitted)

·         Meet the needs of faculty unions (e.g., determining whether workloads are consistent with CBAs)

·         Meet the needs of UA administration (e.g., supply composite aggregated workload and activity data to Legislature)

 Constraints

 Implementation requires full participation of faculty, chairs and deans.

·         System must not collect extraneousonly collects data not directly related to the substance of faculty workloads and activities (e.g., not data on timeliness of workload submission or frequency of revisions).

·          System must be subject to faculty oversight regarding policies for authorized access to data, distribution of personally identifiable information, and archiving of data in order to guaranteeing the appropriate use of the workload and activity information within UA.

·         System must be protected from unauthorized external access.

·         Information content must remain essentially the same as the current paper-based system, to avoid altering CBA-defined conditions of employment.

·         Funding for on-going operation of project beyond existing one-time funding through 9/30/05 has not been identified.