SCR73 SD1

WHEREAS, the objectives of the University of Hawaii System 2002-2010 Strategic Plan include:

(1) Excelling in basic and applied research for the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge;

(2) Supporting Hawaii's economy by building partnerships within the University of Hawaii system and with other public and private educational, governmental, and business institutions; and

(3) Creating a culture of excellence within the University of Hawaii system by recruiting, rewarding, and empowering top-performing faculty; and

WHEREAS, the strategic imperatives of the University of Hawaii at Manoa 2002-2010 Strategic Plan include:

(1) Serving as an innovator and a conduit for new technologies and their applications in society;

(2) Setting high standards for retention, post-tenure review, and merit pay;

(3) Encouraging research that benefits and involves the local community; and

(4) Supporting research initiatives where the University of Hawaii at Manoa is uniquely positioned to excel; and

WHEREAS, the University of Hawaii 2003-2009 faculty contract states that "the existence of salary differentials among faculty in a given discipline must be clearly attributable to academic credentials, rank, experience, years of service, and/or the individual's academic and service accomplishments. Inequitable differentials caused by other factors should be eliminated"; and

WHEREAS, what seems to be a result of the University of Hawaii at Manoa's need to attract world-class faculty, are the many reported instances at the University of Hawaii at Manoa of new hires earning salaries equal to or higher than faculty who have served the institution for decades, and years of salary stagnation for existing faculty; and

WHEREAS, inequity between the salaries of top-performing faculty and other faculty in the same field but with similar or lesser academic credentials, rank, experience, years of service, research productivity, and teaching and service accomplishments, is contrary to the University of Hawaii's stated objectives, imperatives, and faculty contract; and

WHEREAS, the requests for salary adjustments by some top‑performing faculty have reportedly been denied due to a lack of funds and not due to a lack of merit of their requests, as there is clear evidence that their accomplishments are consistent with the strategic plans of the University of Hawaii System and the University of Hawaii at Manoa; and

WHEREAS, these salary inequities must be addressed to fairly compensate and reward the faculty who have spent decades building University of Hawaii at Manoa into the internationally prominent institution it is today; and

WHEREAS, faculty retention is especially critical as over forty percent of the University of Hawaii at Manoa faculty become eligible for retirement in the next decade; and

WHEREAS, a report with information regarding the University of Hawaii at Manoa faculty salaries would help determine and remedy salary inequities, as well as how the salaries compare with the rest of the nation, and be a first step toward improving faculty morale and retention; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2007, the House of Representatives concurring, that the President of the University of Hawaii is requested to submit a report, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2008, with information regarding the salaries of the University of Hawaii at Manoa faculty and administrators in the past five years, on a department-by-department basis, including:

(1) Salaries of current and new faculty and administrative hires as categorized by years of service at the University of Hawaii, gender, and race and ethnicity;

(2) Overall salary schedule, by rank, of faculty and administrators; and

(3) Overall salary schedule, by rank, of comparable faculty and administrators in other doctoral research universities throughout the nation; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President of University of Hawaii give immediate reconsideration to requests for salary adjustments and salary equity that were denied due to a lack of funds and not due to a lack of merit, from July 1, 2006, up to the passage of this Concurrent Resolution, and include in the report the actions taken that effectuate this request; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents, President of the University of Hawaii, and the Executive Director of the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly.

Report Title:

UH-Manoa; Faculty Salaries

THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	73
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII