In April 1989 the University Faculty Council adopted a set of principles guiding the Indiana University faculty and librarian salary policies. Whereas these principles apply to all of Indiana University's eight campuses, formulation of salary policies remains an individual campus prerogative. Consistent with the five-year academic plan of each school, as expressed in the 1988-2000 IUPUI development plan, and in keeping with the dispersion of operational control inherent in adoption of Responsibility Center Management, authority for implementing salary policies is delegated to the individual units. Annual performance review to assure adherence to the principles, as well as to the academic plans, will be carried out at the campus level by the Chancellor and the Dean of the Faculties, in consultation with the Budgetary Affairs Committee of the IUPUI Faculty Council

1. All responsibility centers will establish their own written salary policy (which should be reviewed annually), consistent with University policies and procedures. These individual unit salary policies will also be reviewed annually by the Dean of the Faculties in consultation with the Faculty Council Budgetary Affairs Committee.


2. With the advice of the Budgetary Affairs Committee and campus administrative officers, the Chancellor will allocate new state appropriations to responsibility centers each year. These allocations will be made in at least three ways. First, funds appropriated for specific purposes by the General Assembly, such as for programs improvement efforts, will be allocated in accordance with legislative priorities. Secondly, allocations will be made from a campus reserve fund to achieve academic program goals and objectives. Thirdly, a direct allocation will be made to units to address price inflation, to award salary increases (which also may be addressed in one of the two allocations), and to achieve other unit-specific objectives.

a. Allocations for program improvement: The Indiana General Assembly usually enacts a budget that includes specific program improvement appropriations for Indiana University. These funds are distinct from those noted below in items 2.b. and 2 Program improvement may include attracting and retaining high quality faculty. These appropriations will be distributed to responsibility centers in accordance with legislative priorities.

b. Allocations from campus reserve fund: Preceding any general distribution to responsibility centers, a campus reserve fund will be established at a level of between 1/2 of 1 percent and 1 percent of the total campus general fund expenditure budget. The fund will be created annually from whatever new appropriations (i.e., increases in the general fund of the campus) are made by the General Assembly. In consultation with the Budgetary Affairs Committee, the Chancellor will allocate this campus reserve fund to responsibility centers in accordance with the campus academic plan. The Chancellor will report on progress in implementing the campus plan through these allocations in the annual State of the Campus address. Typically, allocations from the campus reserve fund will not be for salary increases, although there may be exceptions in special cases to address inequities.

c. Direct Allocation: In consultation with the Budgetary Affairs Committee, and after the establishment of the campus reserve fund, the Chancellor will allocate new funds directly to units from the balance of new state appropriations. These are the funds which will be provided to address price inflation, to award basic salary increases (possibly in combination with quality improvement funds allocated under paragraph 2.a.), and to achieve other unit-specific objectives. In this connection, the Chancellor may establish a campus-wide minimum responsibility center average salary increase. For example, the Chancellor's office may require that the average faculty salary increase for each academic unit be 5 1/2 percent. The responsibility centers would have to meet this requirement so that the average for each unit was 5 1/2 percent. Responsibility centers may exceed the announced minimum average through internal reallocations but they may not provide less than the announced minimum average without prior authorization from the Chancellor's office. The Chancellor will announce any campus-wide minimum average salary increase to the IUPUI Faculty Council not later than the last scheduled meeting of the Faculty Council during the academic year, or to the Executive Committee of the Faculty Council if the decision to establish a minimum is made after the last meeting of the academic year.


3. Finally, the dean of each school (or director of each responsibility center) will be responsible for administering all unit allocations. The dean or director of each unit will allocate salary increases in accord with the unit's written policy statement. Each unit will be required to have an expenditure budget on file prior to submitting salary recommendations for the next fiscal year. Each expenditure budget will be reviewed for consistency with the unit's five-year academic plan by the Dean of the Faculties.

(Reviewed by the Faculty Council in 1990)


Salaries as Public Records

The Policy Governing Access to and Maintenance of Academic Employee Records (University Academic Handbook, 1992 Edition) stipulates that employee compensation is public information. The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance maintains current budget year salaries for all employees, and this information is available for review in that office.