program self-study report - Lamar University Electrical Engineering

4. Supporting Academic DepartmentsThe personnel for the supporting academic departments that provide a required portion of theinstruction for engineering students in the programs being evaluated are given in Table II-4 onpage 32.5. Engineering FinancesSupport expenditures of the engineering unit for three most current fiscal years are given in Table II-5 onpage 33.a. Fiscal YearThe fiscal year begins on September 1 and ends August 31. Summer faculty salaries are notincluded in the fiscal year budget. Summer salaries are allocated at the end of the fallsemester.b. Expenditures for Support FunctionsThe supporting expenditures for the engineering educational unit are given in Table II-5 onpage 33.c. Categories of Expenditures of OperationsThe data given in Table II-5 under Operations includes Lamar University categories ofmaintenance and operation, telephone, hourly wages (student assistants), and maintenancecontracts for equipment.6. Engineering Personnel and Policiesa. PersonnelThe personnel, both full-time and part-time, for the entire engineering unit and for eachprogram being evaluated are shown in Table II-6 on page 34-37.b. Faculty Salaries, Benefits, and Other Policies1. Promotion and tenure policy summary: Faculty promotion and/or tenure is initiatedby the individual or department chair and recommended by a departmentalcommittee. The recommendation proceeds to the department chair to the dean andsubsequently to the EVPAA with recommendations at each state. The EVPAArecommends to the President who in turn recommends to the Board of Regents whomakes the final decision. Detailed policy is in the Faculty Handbook, Chapter II.9Promotion to Academic Rank beginning on page 23; and Chapter II.15.3 TenurePolicy beginning on page 33. The Faculty Handbook is available online athttp://www.lamar.edu/pdfs/FacultyHandbook.pdf.2. The budget process is initiated by the president who defines budget preparationguidelines. Departments prepare budget requests based on the University guidelinesfor salary administration and other budget categories. Salary increases are based ontwo components: equity adjustment and merit policies. The merit pay policy for eachdepartment is provided at www.lamar.edu/pdfs/FacSalMeritPlans.pdf.II - 149