UCSC Division of Humanities SMG Budget Retreat July 30, 2009 SMG Budget Retreat July 30, 2009

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Statistical Overview of the Division ( ) –Academic FTE: 102 (filled); 29 (open); 33 (open unit 18) = 164 –Student Workload FTE: 3031 – 20 % of campus –Undergraduate Majors: 1422 – 18 % of campus –Undergraduate Degrees Conferred: 695 – 20% of campus –Graduate Enrollments: First Stage: 137 – 13% of campus Second Stage: 66 – 20% of campus Total: 203 – 15% of campus –Masters Degrees conferred: 19 – 6% of campus –Ph. D’s conferred 20 – 15% of campus –Student/Faculty Ratio: 19.1 (campus average: 18.7) Statistical Overview of the Division ( ) –Academic FTE: 102 (filled); 29 (open); 33 (open unit 18) = 164 –Student Workload FTE: 3031 – 20 % of campus –Undergraduate Majors: 1422 – 18 % of campus –Undergraduate Degrees Conferred: 695 – 20% of campus –Graduate Enrollments: First Stage: 137 – 13% of campus Second Stage: 66 – 20% of campus Total: 203 – 15% of campus –Masters Degrees conferred: 19 – 6% of campus –Ph. D’s conferred 20 – 15% of campus –Student/Faculty Ratio: 19.1 (campus average: 18.7)

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Resource Overview of the Division ( ) –Academic FTE: 102 (filled); 29 (open); 33 (open unit 18) = 164 –Staff FTE: filled –Teaching Assistants: 367 count (61.17 FTE) –Upgrade fund balance : $ 282, 900 –I & R Support (all departments and divisional administration: $ 1, 013, 070 Resource Overview of the Division ( ) –Academic FTE: 102 (filled); 29 (open); 33 (open unit 18) = 164 –Staff FTE: filled –Teaching Assistants: 367 count (61.17 FTE) –Upgrade fund balance : $ 282, 900 –I & R Support (all departments and divisional administration: $ 1, 013, 070

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Resource Overview of the Division (July 1, 2009) (After $ 1, 000, 000 cut or loss of 17 FTE) –Academic FTE: 102 (filled); 12 (open); 32 (open unit 18) = 146 –Staff FTE: filled –Teaching Assistants: 338 count (56.33 FTE) –Upgrade fund balance : $ 210, 500 –I & R Support (all departments and divisional administration): $ 949, 123 Resource Overview of the Division (July 1, 2009) (After $ 1, 000, 000 cut or loss of 17 FTE) –Academic FTE: 102 (filled); 12 (open); 32 (open unit 18) = 146 –Staff FTE: filled –Teaching Assistants: 338 count (56.33 FTE) –Upgrade fund balance : $ 210, 500 –I & R Support (all departments and divisional administration): $ 949, 123

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Resource Overview of the Division ( ) (After $ 390, 000 budget cut) –Academic FTE: 102 (filled); 10 (open); 31 (open unit 18) = 143 or minus 2 open FTE and 1 unit 18 –Staff FTE: filled or minus 1.5 FTE –Teaching Assistants: 333 count (55.50 FTE) or minus 5 (.83 FTE) –Upgrade fund balance : $ 90, 500 or minus $ 120, 000 –I & R Support (all departments and divisional administration): $ 939, 853 or minus $ 10, 270 Resource Overview of the Division ( ) (After $ 390, 000 budget cut) –Academic FTE: 102 (filled); 10 (open); 31 (open unit 18) = 143 or minus 2 open FTE and 1 unit 18 –Staff FTE: filled or minus 1.5 FTE –Teaching Assistants: 333 count (55.50 FTE) or minus 5 (.83 FTE) –Upgrade fund balance : $ 90, 500 or minus $ 120, 000 –I & R Support (all departments and divisional administration): $ 939, 853 or minus $ 10, 270

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Resource Implications of Budget Cuts so far –Virtual elimination of research support –Loss of most graduate support other than TAships –Diminished computer/IT support –Impossibility of senior hires, even if FTE become available –Fairly minimal impact on curriculum, so far... –Loss of Divisional Reserve and of ability to regenerate a reserve Resource Implications of Budget Cuts so far –Virtual elimination of research support –Loss of most graduate support other than TAships –Diminished computer/IT support –Impossibility of senior hires, even if FTE become available –Fairly minimal impact on curriculum, so far... –Loss of Divisional Reserve and of ability to regenerate a reserve

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Another $ 1, 000, 000 cut? Options –Remaining Open FTE(10):$ 595,000 –Remaining Upgrade funds:$ 90,000 –2.5 staff FTE$ 126,346 Total: $ 811,346 Remaining $ 189 k must come from instruction or I & R support Another $ 1, 000, 000 cut? Options –Remaining Open FTE(10):$ 595,000 –Remaining Upgrade funds:$ 90,000 –2.5 staff FTE$ 126,346 Total: $ 811,346 Remaining $ 189 k must come from instruction or I & R support

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Another $ 1, 000, 000 cut? Problems –Need to regenerate open FTE not eliminate them –Need some upgrade funds even just to hire junior faculty –Further staff cuts mean some units cease to be operational –Excessive reliance on TAships for graduate support  Further cuts affect BOTH grad AND undergrad instruction –Humanities already has lowest I & R support ratio  Further cuts would hurt our most progressive research (digital humanities; computational linguistics, etc) Another $ 1, 000, 000 cut? Problems –Need to regenerate open FTE not eliminate them –Need some upgrade funds even just to hire junior faculty –Further staff cuts mean some units cease to be operational –Excessive reliance on TAships for graduate support  Further cuts affect BOTH grad AND undergrad instruction –Humanities already has lowest I & R support ratio  Further cuts would hurt our most progressive research (digital humanities; computational linguistics, etc)

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Another $ 1, 000, 000 cut? Option: Shrinking the Faculty? –Can’t layoff ladder faculty –Can choose not to replace retirements/separations  Good news: 24 of 102 FTE are retirement eligible, but will they? –Can layoff Unit-18 lecturers, but serious instructional consequences  Writing Program: current 12 FTE no longer covers cost of instruction  Languages: budget balanced but cuts will affect students in other subjects (Health Sciences, LALS, Literature) Another $ 1, 000, 000 cut? Option: Shrinking the Faculty? –Can’t layoff ladder faculty –Can choose not to replace retirements/separations  Good news: 24 of 102 FTE are retirement eligible, but will they? –Can layoff Unit-18 lecturers, but serious instructional consequences  Writing Program: current 12 FTE no longer covers cost of instruction  Languages: budget balanced but cuts will affect students in other subjects (Health Sciences, LALS, Literature)

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Protecting the Core - Linguistics NRC # 5; Citation Impact # 213 FTE (1) - History6 th largest undergrad major25.5 FTE (5) - Literature NRC # 42; Citation Impact # FTE (9) 4 th largest undergrad major Note: Division 2007 academic plan foresees bolstering these departments with root appointments Protecting the Core - Linguistics NRC # 5; Citation Impact # 213 FTE (1) - History6 th largest undergrad major25.5 FTE (5) - Literature NRC # 42; Citation Impact # FTE (9) 4 th largest undergrad major Note: Division 2007 academic plan foresees bolstering these departments with root appointments

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Departments at Risk of Losing Viability - History of Consciousness5 FTE (2) - Feminist Studies6 FTE (1) - American Studies7 FTE (2) - Philosophy9 FTE (2) Departments at Risk of Losing Viability - History of Consciousness5 FTE (2) - Feminist Studies6 FTE (1) - American Studies7 FTE (2) - Philosophy9 FTE (2)

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Humanities Division Advisory Task Force on Reconstitution - to consider all available options, including the transfer, consolidation, disestablishment, discontinuance, reconstitution, and suspension of academic departments, academic programs, and research units. Humanities Division Advisory Task Force on Reconstitution - to consider all available options, including the transfer, consolidation, disestablishment, discontinuance, reconstitution, and suspension of academic departments, academic programs, and research units.

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Draft Charge : The Humanities Division Task Force on Reconstitution is charged with developing a set of recommendations on the reconstitution of the division’s academic departments, academic programs, and research units. The objective is to capture substantial and significant savings while preserving, to the greatest extent possible, the integrity and quality of the division’s academic programs. The recommendations must achieve this objective not only in light of the extreme financial conditions we now face but also with a view to positioning the division for success in a future where we must be able to operate more flexibly in terms of how we deliver curricula and more entrepreneurially in terms of how we support the intellectual and research enterprise of the humanities writ large. Draft Charge : The Humanities Division Task Force on Reconstitution is charged with developing a set of recommendations on the reconstitution of the division’s academic departments, academic programs, and research units. The objective is to capture substantial and significant savings while preserving, to the greatest extent possible, the integrity and quality of the division’s academic programs. The recommendations must achieve this objective not only in light of the extreme financial conditions we now face but also with a view to positioning the division for success in a future where we must be able to operate more flexibly in terms of how we deliver curricula and more entrepreneurially in terms of how we support the intellectual and research enterprise of the humanities writ large.

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Draft Charge : 1.Review and analyze the expenses currently incurred to operate the division’s academic units, academic programs, and research units such as they are currently organized. 2.Identify opportunities to capture greater efficiencies and reduce expenses through reconstituting the administrative organization of the division’s academic departments, academic programs, and research units. 3.Identify the ways existing academic departments, academic programs, and research units might be remapped or reconceived to reduce expenses and build opportunities. Draft Charge : 1.Review and analyze the expenses currently incurred to operate the division’s academic units, academic programs, and research units such as they are currently organized. 2.Identify opportunities to capture greater efficiencies and reduce expenses through reconstituting the administrative organization of the division’s academic departments, academic programs, and research units. 3.Identify the ways existing academic departments, academic programs, and research units might be remapped or reconceived to reduce expenses and build opportunities.

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” Draft Charge : 4.Identify synergies between and among the division’s academic departments, academic programs, and research units, or with academic departments, programs, and units across the academic divisions, which present opportunities to reduce costs while preserving or improving instruction. 5.Estimate the savings and benefits of the proposed changes, not only in fiscal terms but also in operational, organizational, pedagogical and intellectual terms. 6.Identify the most appropriate paths to implementation. Draft Charge : 4.Identify synergies between and among the division’s academic departments, academic programs, and research units, or with academic departments, programs, and units across the academic divisions, which present opportunities to reduce costs while preserving or improving instruction. 5.Estimate the savings and benefits of the proposed changes, not only in fiscal terms but also in operational, organizational, pedagogical and intellectual terms. 6.Identify the most appropriate paths to implementation.

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” POSTSCRIPT September 1, 2009 : One Time Reduction $ 1, 066, 800 Savings Recaptured from Employees Participating in Furlough Plan: $ 881, 800 Savings to be Recaptured from Non-Participating Employees: $ 185, 000 POSTSCRIPT September 1, 2009 : One Time Reduction $ 1, 066, 800 Savings Recaptured from Employees Participating in Furlough Plan: $ 881, 800 Savings to be Recaptured from Non-Participating Employees: $ 185, 000

UCSC“Excellence in Humanities” On July 1, 2010 : This “One-Time” Reduction of $ 1, 066, 800 Will Almost Certainly Become PERMANENT And There May Be Even Bigger Cuts to Come... On July 1, 2010 : This “One-Time” Reduction of $ 1, 066, 800 Will Almost Certainly Become PERMANENT And There May Be Even Bigger Cuts to Come...