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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">FYI…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Jeffrey C. Silvertooth, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Associate Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Director for Extension & Economic Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Division of Agriculture, Life, & Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Forbes 301, Bldg. #36<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">520-621-7205<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> prov_heads_2-request@list.arizona.edu <prov_heads_2-request@list.arizona.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Miller, Robert J - (millerr)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 20, 2020 11:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> heads@list.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Folks, Liesl - (liesl) <liesl@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [heads] subject: HEADSUP | action: FALL FORUM FOLLOW-UP FROM FOLKS | time: 17 AUG | priority: NORMAL/NOT URGENT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">follow-up questions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">2020 HeadsUP </span>
<span style="font-size:18.0pt">Fall<span style="color:black"> </span>Forum : TRUST + TRADITION<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>AUG<span style="color:black"> | </span>9<span style="color:black">:00-1</span>2<span style="color:black">:00<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">after the Fall Forum, questions from participants were aggregated and posted to Provost Folks.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">her answers follow</span><span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">There is frustration among some Heads that RCM and some other forums of input and communication do not necessarily descend below the deans. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Q: As RCM is reconfigured this year, would it be possible to extend it to departments, with a tax (variable by college but transparent to all) being returned to the deans (similar to the Provost
Investment Fund)? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">I agree that we need to find a way to ensure that departments participate in activity based revenue flows to fund their operations, and my preference is for that to be a goal as we think about
revising our RCM model. That said, I do not think that devolving the personnel budget to individual departments is a wise approach, since it would inevitably “cement” our current departmental structures, effectively preventing the evolution of dept structures
and limiting the ability of Colleges to move to address new and evolving disciplines. Personally, I am eager to explore ways to align RCM with our most pressing strategic needs also, i.e., student retention and degree completion measures, which is the essential
activity that our departments “own.”</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">ASHFORD</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">What is the plan for running the Ashford degree programs, especially when there are AZOnline degrees, AZCAST degrees, and UAGlobal degrees that are similar? The overlap may be relatively small, but could be significant
to the impacted departments. Is the plan to keep all of Ashford’s degrees when it becomes UA Global Campus and market them differently or to merge degree programs? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#4472C4">We are thinking ahead now to the formation of the Joint Academic Advisory Council (JAAC) which will have faculty from both universities on it, and which will be charged with both degree differentiation AND with
the work to explore degree pathways and articulation plans that might be beneficial. Though clearly important, this work will take a short while to get started, as we immediately need to focus on setting up the business structures for the new university.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">CHANGE AND CONSULTATION</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">University change still feels very top-down, ideal driven, without iterative development and consultation. A good change model would be: propose change, ask for feedback, start change, check results
against intent, revise plan, continue to change. <br>
A prime example would be the equity study — for the Provost, it was successful; for me it was not. It created inequities because, even though the Provost consulted my dean, my dean was not aware of issues with some of the people who were given raises. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Q: When equity programs are conducted for the other faculty ranks, will you please extend the consultation down to the administrative layer with ground-level knowledge? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">This question tackles a well-documented challenge for pay equity studies. (I really can recommend the text “Paychecks” by AAUP – I am happy to lend out my copy – it is a good read, seriously!).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">Dept leaders typically “own” salary decisions, and have not managed to eliminate pay inequities over the many decades in which we have known they exist in IHEs, although they have been greatly
reduced. (Why? Because we recognize that implicit bias and explicit bias persist in IHE communities, as in the broader community.) For that reason, the literature in this space explicitly counsels for taking a broader approach to assessing the problem,
and for addressing any findings. A way to think about this is that the dept leaders should “own” the merit-based component of pay (typically about 20% or so of total pay), but the campus at large should take responsibility for the equity-based component
of pay (around 80%) using a data-driven approach that is rather distant from knowledge about individuals.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">That said, I fully recognize that dept leaders absolutely know best what is happening “on the ground” with their faculty. Where we must be unambiguously clear, going forward, is that poor performance
issues are managed via documented personnel management processes, and NOT via inequitable pay structures. (Note that I deliberately have left market-based considerations out of this first analysis, but that some institutions have incorporated that also in
their analyses, and we could consider doing so also.). </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">As one further, operational, point: The analysis relied on self-reported race and ethnicity data that we are legally obliged to keep in confidence, and thus the entire process was conducted
under NDAs. We felt it was inconsistent with our legal obligations to maintain confidentiality to broaden the number of people with full access to the data past the dean level.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">I’d <u>very</u> much welcome further discussion on these topics – there is a great deal of context and smaller observations that I’d be pleased to review with the H/C/D group.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Q: Would you consider a more iterative system of engendering change when it impacts departments? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">Absolutely. I’d be pleased to figure out a more regular way to engage in discussions with the H/C/D group – it is always insightful, and always helpful. In addition, we have to be very confident
that we have robust communications <u>within</u> Colleges between the deans and their teams, and the Departments, since we do always want to respect the decision-making structures of the campus also.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">SPEAKING AND BEING SILENCED</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">In the recent months, groups have emerged at the University with important and impassioned messages that need to be aired and considered. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">At the same time, when individuals or grassroots movements are given a platform (rather than being redirected to established lines of input), they effectively subvert the governance systems that
are in place to represent <i>everyone</i>. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Q: In the quest to better define shared governance within our institution, might we model the appropriate lines of input for all members of our community and for all types of issues, then, require
everyone to use and abide by them? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">This is a thorny issue, I believe, since we have no wish to silence any voice on campus, even as we want to empower, and engender respect for, the established structures for shared faculty governance
and for consultative decision making with staff and students. I do not favor “requiring” the use of formal structures to express individual views, or to report concerns, since it may be intimidating to those individuals, and serve to limit the free-flow
of ideas and concerns. That said, these past few challenging months have exposed rifts in our collective understanding of the scope and reach of shared faculty governance, as well as weaknesses in the operational model we have in place. It is, I might suggest,
time for a review to ensure that our formal structures are nimble (as our times absolutely demand), efficient, and effective.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Robert Miller, AIA</b><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Executive Director, HeadsUp</span><br>
<a href="mailto:millerR@u.arizona.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">millerR@arizona.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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