FAEC MINUTES
\n<\/b>5\/18\/21 (draft)<\/b><\/p>\n
Present:<\/b> Naseem Choudhury (<\/b>President, SSHS<\/span>), Bonnie Blake <\/b>(Councilor-at-Large over 11, CA), <\/span>Katie Cohen <\/b>(Library), <\/span>Scott Frees<\/b> (Vice President, TAS), <\/span>Kim Lorber<\/b> (Secretary), <\/span>Lisa Lutter, <\/b>(CA), T<\/span>hierry Rakotbe-Joel<\/b> (ASB), <\/span>Mihaela Serban<\/b> (SSHS), <\/span>Ed Shannon<\/b> (HGS)<\/span><\/p>\n Guests: <\/b>Sarah Carberry<\/span> (GECCo, Chair); <\/b>Stephen Rice<\/span> (ARC, Chair); <\/b>Jeff Elsworth<\/span> (WAC, Chair)<\/b>; Ruma Sen, Kathy Zeno, Virginia Gonsalves_Domund<\/span> (Diversity); <\/b>Ken McMurdy<\/span> (Shared Governance); <\/b>Natalia Santamaria-Laorden\u00a0 <\/span>(Marketing); Michael Bitz<\/b> (<\/b>Director, Instructional Design Center)<\/span><\/p>\n Vote to bring meeting to order at 10:04am.<\/span><\/p>\n Minutes Approval:<\/b> April 28th & May 4<\/span>th<\/span> minutes were approved.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n FAEC DISCUSSION<\/b><\/p>\n Faculty Assembly with Dr. Jebb: <\/b>Agenda was identified based on faculty feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n Guests from Academic Affairs:<\/b> Guests joined the discussion regarding how to best organize the hour we have with Dr. Jebb.<\/span><\/p>\n Planned Agenda:<\/b><\/p>\n Results of the last FA vote. BoT Meeting Report: <\/b>This report was provided by Dr. Stephen Larson:<\/span><\/p>\n This is a summary about yesterday’s BoT meeting: Our reserves have increased during the year due to COVID government funding.\u00a0 We expect to use these funds due to anticipated shortages for the coming academic year.\u00a0 A key estimate the college is using is to expect our dorms to be only 47% occupied.\u00a0 Of course, if the actual occupancy rate is higher, we will be better off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The fringe rate was brought up again.\u00a0 It is 55%, and the college’s administration tends to bring this up.\u00a0 The fringe rate is the costs (e.g. health insurance etc.) of employing us divided by our salaries.\u00a0 One way to explain a high fringe rate is to say the costs of employment are too high.\u00a0 However, a reason our fringe rate may be higher than average is that our salaries are lower than average; a smaller denominator makes a larger quotient (i.e. fringe rate).\u00a0 I think this may be the case, but I never formally studied the relative salary levels of college professors.\u00a0 I do know from\u00a0 experience that our inflation salary bumps are not adequate, which means our step increases are necessary for us to keep up with the cost of living.\u00a0 That is, when people are not promoted, they tend to get poorer in real terms.\u00a0 I spent years at the same step before getting promoted, so this insight comes from experience.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Our tuition rate is set to increase by quite a bit.\u00a0 However, it is being offset by the reduction in student fees.\u00a0 That is, we are collapsing some of the student fees into our tuition.\u00a0 The concern I brought up at this meeting is how this will look to parents and students who examine the tuition cost per credit year to year.\u00a0 According to Chris Romano, the college will make sure parents and students understand the tuition increase is being largely offset by the collapsing of fees into the tuition.\u00a0 I was told it is typical for colleges\/universities to report the cost per year and this includes fees.\u00a0 When I google “Ramapo Tuition” I get in-state tuition of $14,678.\u00a0 From what I understand, this includes fees, so a person monitoring this number year-to-year should not become alarmed. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n FA President Closing Remarks<\/b><\/p>\n Meeting adjourned at 12:10pm<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FAEC MINUTES 5\/18\/21 (draft) Present: Naseem Choudhury (President, SSHS), Bonnie Blake (Councilor-at-Large over 11, CA), Katie Cohen (Library), Scott Frees (Vice President, TAS), Kim Lorber (Secretary), Lisa Lutter, (CA), Thierry Rakotbe-Joel (ASB), Mihaela Serban (SSHS), Ed Shannon (HGS) Guests: Sarah Carberry (GECCo, Chair); Stephen Rice (ARC, Chair); Jeff Elsworth (WAC, Chair); Ruma Sen, Kathy Zeno, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1332,876],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faec-meeting-minutes-2021","category-ramapo-faec"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
\n<\/b>Agenda was passed (105 yes, 6 abstentions)
\n<\/span>Rikki Abzug was voted in as BOT rep
\n<\/span>Kathy Yeaton was also voted in a BOT rep
\n<\/span>Both ARC proposals were approved\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe cost of living adjustments and steps will remain intact!<\/span><\/p>\n