Restructing Conversation
Administrative Costs

Date: November 10, 2000

Subject: Administrative cost, revised

The table below displays estimated cost of administration in academic departments by type of expenditure. This information was requested at the meeting of October 9, 2000. Please review and bring to the meeting scheduled for Monday, November 13.

The data show that the (estimated) annual average cost of administration by department is about $34,100 if graduate assistants are counted, and about $27,000 if graduate assistants are not counted. This figure represents the approximate savings from eliminating administrative costs in an "average" department.

  Dept Chairs Stipend $ Grad Assts 9 month @ 500/month $ Fellow 9 month @ 850/month $ Secy annual@16500 chair release CH Adjunct @ 500/CH $ Grand total w/ adjuncts Alternate
dpt chr Overload $
Alternate
Grand Total w/ overload
Applied Tech 1 3600 1 4500     0.5 8250 6 3000   3750  
Bus/AJ 1 3600 2 9000 2 15300 1 16500 6 3000   3300  
Expr Arts 1 3600 1 4500     1 16500 6 3000   3300  
Humanities 1 3600 2 9000     1 16500 6 3000   3750  
Math/CS 1 3600 0.5 2250     0.5 8250 6 3000   4200  
Nat Sci 1 3600 0.5 2250     0.5 8250 6 3000   4200  
Nursing 1 3600 0 0     1 16500 6 3000   4200  
Occ Therapy 1 3600 0 0     0.75 12375 6 3000   3300  
Schl Ed* 1 65000 3 13500 1 7650 2 33000 0 0   0  
Soc Sci 1 3600 2 9000     1 16500 6 3000   4200  
Soc Wrk 1 3600 1 4500     1 16500 6 3000   4200  
Wllns/Mvmt Sci 1 3600 1 4500     1 16500 6 3000   4200  
Total 12 $104,600   $63,000   $22,950   $185,625   $33,000   $42,600  
Grand Total   $409,175   $418,775
average cost per department (includes stipend, GA, fellows, secretart, adjunct/OL) $34,098   $34,898
average cost per department (inlcudes stipend, secretary, adjunct/OL) $26,935   $27,735
*Dean is fulltime administrator.