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| 2000-2004 WASC Accreditation |
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3.1: The institution employs personnel sufficient in number and professional qualifications to maintain its operations and to support its academic programs, consistent with its institutional and educational objectives.
We strive and are successful in recruiting and retaining outstandingly talented and dedicated faculty and staff. Meeting this goal of course has become increasingly challenging, given rapid enrollment growth coupled with declining State budgets. Faculty Our student/faculty ratio is about 19.5/1, one of the
highest in the UC system, and above average for other public research
universities. We had hoped to improve this ratio with enrollment growth (new
faculty are allocated to the campuses at the lower rate of 18.7:1), but lack
of State support for growth suggests we will not realize this improvement
over the near term. Staff The campus has an ongoing tradition of improving business processes and services that dates back to the early 1990s. As resources became available during the latter part of the decade, the campus added staff to mitigate the workload associated with increased enrollments and research, and improve support for infrastructure and health and safety. We have also invested in technologies and technical support to improve the effectiveness of our support staff and services. This is consistent with and in partnership with the University of California New Business Architecture initiative, a concerted effort to use technology and other tools to address this issue. Even in recent, less positive financial times, maintenance of adequate staff support for the campus's mission remains a high priority for the campus. Recent and pending budget cuts have slowed the pace for staff hires, yet we remain committed to acknowledging the critical role staff play in support of the multiple missions of the campus. We are trying to mitigate these new challenges to staff workload and the potential impact on services through increasing the effectiveness of our organization and processes (see EBC Process). The Chancellor, in partnership with the Staff Advisory Board, sponsors quarterly “brown bag” Staff Forums. These forums provide the Chancellor with a vehicle for updating staff on issues that of general concern (e.g. housing, budget, etc.). In return, staff are afforded an opportunity to present their issues and suggestions directly back to the Chancellor. Faculty and Staff In the spirit of moving the campus closer to its goal of being a model employer, UC Santa Cruz promotes a balanced and family friendly work environment. We have developed a variety of policies, programs and resources available to members of the campus community to assist in managing their responsibilities outside of work. The campus continues to seek creative ways to enhance this portfolio. In 2001, the campus developed a Work/Life Balance Website. The purpose of this guide is to provide a comprehensive overview of Work/Life resources available on campus and in the community (e.g. policies on flexible work hours, child and elder care resources, professional development, health and wellness etc.). The Campus Welfare Committee, established in 2001, recommended a series of steps to address what may well be the most critical issue for both faculty and staff – the extremely high local costs of housing. The work of that committee, in combination with results of a faculty welfare survey, resulted in a strategy for expanding the stock of available university housing. This provides the flexibility to offer a mix of rentals with, for the first time, affordable for sale housing. Units are available to faculty, with a percentage of units reserved for staff.
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