Start Up Money

[Christopher M. Hearon]

Chairs (or whoever):

What is everyone doing with regard to start-up money for new faculty coming in?  Is there a typical amount you give?  Where does the money come from? Does it vary by discipline (does someone in the exercise sciences get more than someone in sport management, etc.)?  I was just wondering how woefully behind we are here at A&M-Kingsville. 

For the record, here is what we are doing (and we were doing NOTHING just two years ago):

-start up money is split over two years, and I have to pay 1/3 of it out of my departmental accounts (1/3 comes from Grad Dean, 1/3 comes from College Dean)

-typical amounts are $10k for those in the exercise sciences, $5k for those in PE/Health/Sport Mgt…..but, for the last person I hired in ex phys, we also established a biochemistry lab for her to the tune of $50k (yes, I was the king of refurbished equipment purchasing), so in reality she got closer to $60k, most of which had to come out of the department’s money.

-CMH

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Christopher M. Hearon, Ph.D., FACSM

Professor and Department Chair

Coordinator, Human Performance Laboratory

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Department of Health & Kinesiology

USPS (Letters and Packages):

700 University Blvd. (MSC 198)

Kingsville, TX 78363-8202

Packages via Commercial Carriers (FedEx, UPS):

Steinke PE Center #100

910 W. Avenue B

Kingsville, TX 78363

361-593-3048

361-593-2141 (Fax)

Christoph...@tamuk.edu

Department of HKN Web Site:

http://www.tamuk.edu/cehp/hkn/

[Mel Finkenberg]

Chris:

We do not officially have start up money. I have been able to procure HEF funding to support new hires, but this all comes from the department's allocation.

Mel

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Mel E. Finkenberg

Regents Professor and Chair

Department of Kinesiology and Health Science

Stephen F. Austin State University

Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3015

936.468.1790 (work)

936.560.0015 (home)

www.kin.sfasu.edu

[Betty A. Block]

So far at Texas A&M University – Commerce the Provost’s office funds start-up money.  He just gave a baby doc $20K to continue his dissertation research.  We are not expected to use any of our departmental accounts to fund start-up.  There is no distinction between the sub-disciplines and what they get – totally based on research needs.  

 

 

Betty A. Block, Professor

Department Head Health and Human Performance

College of Education and Human Services

P.O. Box 3011

Commerce, Texas 75429-3011

903-886-5545

Betty...@TAMU-Commerce.edu

Health and Human Performance Web page

[Knudson, Duane V]

Chris & Colleagues,

 

Start-up funds at Texas State are funded by the Provost’s office. Departments can always kick in, but departments that have research lab/equipment needs for new faculty are currently part of the academic planning of the university. In HHP over the past 4 years start-up packages have ranged from 10K to 40K that are expected to be spent in the first year, but can sometimes be extended another year.  The higher the investment, the greater the expectation for external grants by the faculty member.

 

I am able to access through a previous position the CCAS national survey of hiring data and have a little information on our peers in arts and sciences colleges. For 2011 in HPER/KINE/HHP/ES departments housed in Arts & Sciences colleges had start-up packages that ranged from 0 to $121,000 (mean 36K SD 44k). Relocation expenses covered ranged from 0 to $5,000.

 

 

Duane Knudson, Ph.D.

Professor & Chair, Department of Health & Human Performance

Texas State University

601 University Drive

San Marcos, TX 78666-4616

512-245-2561 (Voice)

512-245-8678 (Fax)

dknu...@txstate.edu

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~dk19/

 

 

 

From: txch...@googlegroups.com [mailto:txch...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher M. Hearon
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:01 AM
To: txch...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Start Up Money

 

Chairs (or whoever):

[Christopher M. Hearon]

Thanks, Duane. Relocation is another issue……we don’t offer it below the rank of Dean.

 

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Christopher M. Hearon, Ph.D., FACSM

Professor and Department Chair

Coordinator, Human Performance Laboratory

 

 

 

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

[Bonnette, Randy]

Texas A&M Corpus Christi via the provost provides $1,000 in moving costs for new professors. Our college (dean) provides a new computer of their choice (e.g. PC, laptop) and additional equipment can be negotiated for, and our department has a very healthy equipment budget so I can purchase additional  start up equipment if a professor requests it.  

For example, our last hire got a grand for moving, a MacBook Pro ($2.5k) and the department bought some software packages for assessment and some equipment for the movement lab for teaching and research, so all totaled they received over $4k.

Rb

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On Mar 21, 2012, at 11:57 AM, "Christopher M. Hearon" <Christoph...@tamuk.edu> wrote:

Thanks, Duane. Relocation is another issue……we don’t offer it below the rank of Dean.

 

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Christopher M. Hearon, Ph.D., FACSM

Professor and Department Chair

Coordinator, Human Performance Laboratory

 

 

 

<image003.png>Texas A&M University-Kingsville

[Scott Marzilli]

Dear Chairs,

I am trying to gather some data related to Health and Kinesiology salaries specific to Texas.  I was wondering if you would be willing to provide me with that data for the following (just averages would be great):

Health Faculty

Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Instructor

Kinesiology Faculty

Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Instructor

Chair Salary

Thanks so much.  I will summarize all responses and send them out without names attached.  Thanks again,

Scott Marzilli

Professor and Chair

[Mel Finkenberg]

I will be sending this in on Monday.

Scott - would it be okay to inquire as to what we are paying for starting salaries as well?

Thanks.

Mel

[Betty A. Block]

> Health Faculty
> Professor: we don't have any
> Associate Professor: $60k
> Assistant Professor: $50k
> Instructor: N/A
>
> Kinesiology Faculty
> Professor: $70k
> Associate Professor: $60k
> Assistant Professor: $50k
> Instructor: N/A
>
> Chair Salary $73k

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[Scott Marzilli]

Sounds great!

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[James E. Newberry]

This data is more difficult to get at a private institution like Texas Lutheran, but I recently went to a great deal of trouble to fight for a higher salary for a new hire:

We do not have a health education program

Kinesiology Professor average salary: 68K
Kinesiology Associate Professor average salary: 56K
Kinesiology Assistant Professor average salary: 51K
Department Chair (also chairs education department) 78K

It is important to note that we are primarily an undergraduate school with only one masters program. We have also recently received salary adjustments. Most of the adjustment was based upon "market value" with some adjustment for "in-rank" differences. A metric that impacts averages within rank is how many faculty and how many years in each rank--unique to each school. We have several long-serving full professors--more than most schools our size.

The kinesiology department does pretty well as far as salaries are concerned but is still a bit lower than those in the business department. We are the second largest major at TLU and the enrollment in our department is pretty strong. I reminded our VPAA (who was looking at negotiating and salaries) of the following:
(1) there is a greater demand for faculty in kinesiology now than ever before due to the growth of programs nation-wide
(2) there are fewer job-seeking candidates with terminal degrees, but the quality of candidates is higher. This is due to both greater demand and a decrease in programs graduating candidates with "generic" doctoral degrees.
(3) although difficult to determine in kinesiology, these factors always result in starting salaries increasing with time in a field.

These are just my opinions and observations. I am assuming you are hiring or your institution is looking at salaries. Best of luck.

Cordially,
Jim Newberry
Professor and Chair of Education and Kinesiology
Jo Murphy Endowed Chair
Texas Lutheran University

[Christopher M. Hearon]

Both our current Dean (Prof) and University Chief of Staff (Asst Prof) are both "on faculty" in my department. I am leaving their salaries out of this because they would skew the means. Likewise, the chair's salary and left out of the mean for Prof and is reported under chair.

Health Faculty
Professor-NA
Associate Professor-$60705/9 mos
Assistant Professor-NA
Instructor-NA

Kinesiology Faculty
Professor-$81300/9 mos
Associate Professor-NA
Assistant Professor-$56200/9 mos
Instructor-$45500/9 mos (this includes an M.S. level Asst Prof "for life" from the "old days")

Chair Salary
$110,000 for 12 mos, but only 10.5 mos is contractual (the remaining 1.5 mos is earned through summer teaching if desired). If you are looking for just a 9 mos salary, then it would be $82500 which includes the laughable $300/mo stipend.

Looking forward to seeing the results.

-CMH
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Christopher M. Hearon, Ph.D., FACSM
Professor and Department Chair
Coordinator, Human Performance Laboratory

Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Department of Health & Kinesiology

MAIL:

700 University Blvd. (MSC 198)
Kingsville, TX 78363-8202

PACKAGES (FED EX, UPS):
Steinke PE Center
910 W. Avenue B #100
Kingsville, TX 78363-8202

361-593-3048
361-593-2141 (FAX)
Christoph...@tamuk.edu

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[Christopher M. Hearon]

Oh, our typical entry level salary for baby docs regardless of discipline is $55,000/9 mos. We can be flexible up to $58,000 in special situations (e.g., in PE if they are a certified teacher, especially one with experience in the schools, or in the exercise sciences if they have a post-doc, etc.).

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Christopher M. Hearon, Ph.D., FACSM
Professor and Department Chair
Coordinator, Human Performance Laboratory

Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Department of Health & Kinesiology

MAIL:
700 University Blvd. (MSC 198)
Kingsville, TX 78363-8202

PACKAGES (FED EX, UPS):
Steinke PE Center
910 W. Avenue B #100
Kingsville, TX 78363-8202

361-593-3048
361-593-2141 (FAX)
Christoph...@tamuk.edu

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[Knudson, Duane V]

Texas State begins discussions with the Provost based on median values from a CUPA salary survey. The 2011-2012 CUPA median salaries for CIP code 31 Parks, Recreation, Leisure and Fitness studies are:

 

Instructor            42,272

Assist Prof           54,500

Assoc  Prof          64,687

Prof                       78,298

 

Duane Knudson, Ph.D.

Professor & Chair, Department of Health & Human Performance

Texas State University

601 University Drive

San Marcos, TX 78666-4616

512-245-2561 (Voice)

512-245-8678 (Fax)

dknu...@txstate.edu

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~dk19/