Administrative History
 MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, 1992-1995

 Budget
  • Salaries and Wages (S&W) budget increased from $49,691 to $63,163 (21%) from 1992-1995.

  • Supplies/Services/Equipment (SS&E) budget increased from $1,514,383 to $1,581,048 (4%) from 1992-1995. 



Faculty and Faculty Support


    

  • Salaries for tenure-track faculty within Humanities Department, increased overall, by 13% from 1992-1995, despite period of national and regional fiscal belt-tightening.
    

  • 5 new tenure-track faculty positions in 3 years (1992-1995)
    

  • Departmental computer network project involving hardware, software, and technical support for all faculty, costing approximately $65,000 over three years.
    

  • 5-Year plan to increase salary and reduce course loads, student ratio, and preparations.
    

  • Junior faculty load reduction and guidelines.
    





Diversity and Equity Efforts


    

  • First tenure and promotion case of an African American woman in the history of Michigan Technological University.
    

  • First promotion to full Professor of a poet in Michigan Technological University's history.
    

  • First departmental charter (drafted), includes systematic guidelines for departmental merit assessments and adjustments to faculty salaries, course loads, release time, travel funding, computer equipment allocation, photocopying, course loads, hiring openness the first charter in the history of the Humanities Department.
    





Staff and Staff Support


    

  • Staff salaries (clerical and administrative) increased from $43,046 to $48,813 (12%) from 
1992 to 1995, despite period of national and regional fiscal belt-tightening.
    

  • Salary equity program initiated for professional staff.
    

  • First Quality Survey and Improvement of department staff members in the history of the Humanities Department.
    

  • Salary equity adjustments for professional staff.
    

  • Staff professional development fund.
    

  • Staff lounge.
    





Academic Programs


    

  • Graduate program in Rhetoric and Technical Communication (RTC), 35
Masters students and 40 Ph.D. students. 
    

  • Graduates with tenure-track job offers and positions at Clemson, Purdue, Syracuse, Utah State, Illinois State, New Mexico Tech.
    

  • Undergraduate program in Scientific and Technical Communication (STC), 85
students.  
    

  • Undergraduate program in Liberal Arts (LA), 35 students.
    

  • Five national academic publications supported by department at various times from 1992-
1995: Reader: A Journal of Reader Response Criticism (1982-present), Computers and Composition: 
An International Journal for Teachers of Writing (1983-present), The Writing Center Journal (1992-1994), 
The CCCC Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric (1992-1995).
    

  • Won Pacemaker Award from the international Society for Technical Communication.
    








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