Resource Allocation Committee

Overview

The NSF ADVANCE program lays out four research questions as a framework for universities to document progress towards institutional transformation. One of these questions is, “What is the allocation of resources (salaries, start-up packages, and space) for science and engineering faculty by gender?” The Resource Allocation Committee works to answer this question.

Faculty Salary Study

The AdvanceRIT Resource Allocation Committee directs and oversees a salary gender-equity study of tenure-track faculty from across the university (including those in STEM, SBS, and non-STEM/SBS). The goal is to understand the direct and indirect effects that gender may have on faculty salary. The RAC examines salaries for potential systematic differences:

• Discipline
• Rank
• Time in Rank
• Terminal Degree
• Benchmark Salary (based on discipline/rank)
• Overall Performance Rating (not separate performance ratings in teaching, research, or service)
   

Does NOT account directly for scholarships quantity or quality, teaching evaluations, workload portfolio, experience prior to RIT, etc.

Tenured and Pre-Tenure faculty only, excludes deans and associate deans, endowed chairs