Selection of the Salary Advisory Committee

Salary Appendix #1:

Department of English
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri

Revised: February 2, 2006

1. Each fall the department Chair shall choose four tenured faculty members to serve on the Salary Advisory Committee. The committee shall be selected by lot from a list of the tenured faculty who have not served on the committee during the previous four years, with this proviso: the committee shall include at least one representative from each tenured rank, associate professor and professor.


2. The four members of the committee each year shall draw straws to determine who shall chair the committee.


3. Under exceptional circumstances, faculty members may petition to the department for a one-year deferral of service on the committee, approval of which shall require a two-thirds vote of the department.


4. Guidelines and general policies of the department in evaluating teaching, research, and service shall be determined by the department. For these guidelines and policies, see Appendix #2.


5. Following the completion of its duties in the winter semester, the Salary Advisory Committee will report on its deliberations to the department.