Academic Staff Assembly Document #388

10 September 2007

Personnel Policies and Procedures Committee (PPPC)

2006-2007 Annual Report to the Academic Staff Assembly

Job Security:

Sent to all academic staff a flyer describing the annual mandated review of employees with five

or more years of academic staff service for increased job security (new or increased rollinghorizon

or multiple-year appointment or new indefinite appointment; see Academic Staff Policies

and Procedures 2.05). The flyer was sent in conjunction with the memo sent to

deans/directors/supervisors reminding them about this annual mandated review.

Reviewed the school and college job security reports for 2005-2006 and followed up on

questionable reasons for denying job security to employees with five or more years of academic

staff service.

Prepared results of the 2005-06 job security review for distribution in Fall 2007 to the Academic

Staff Assembly, Committees on Academic Staff Issues (CASI’s) and the Madison Academic

Staff Association (MASA); to be posted on the Secretary of the Academic Staff website and

published in Wisconsin Week.

Academic Staff Policies and Procedures (ASPP):

Reviewed and approved language for the new Academic Staff Communication Committee.

Continued a line-by-line review of ASPP, reading for clarity, coherence, and consistency with

current practices; consulted with the Academic Personnel Office as necessary; drafted revisions;

completed chapters 1-3 and 5 (partial).

Distinguished Prefix Guidelines and Report:

Reviewed and approved revisions to the UW-Madison's Distinguished Prefix guidelines

Reviewed the Distinguished Prefix Review Committee annual report.

Area Review Committees:

Reviewed at ASEC's request the current structure of four area review committees (ARCs);

solicited opinions from the current ARC chairs.

Reviewed the four Area Review Committees (Administrative/Student Services/Library,

Biological/Medical, Humanities/Social Science, and Physical Sciences/Engineering) annual

reports.

Academic Staff Appeals Committee:

Reviewed the UW Madison’s Guidelines for Complying with Wisconsin’s Open Meeting

requirements for the Academic Staff Appeals Committee for possible revision to their operating

procedures.

Other:

Reviewed and sent revisions of the PPPC web pages to the Secretary of the Academic Staff to

update the website.

University of Wisconsin Academic Staff Assembly Document #388

Madison 10 September 2007

Committee members:

Mo Noonan Bischof, co-chair

Bruno Browning

Sandra Guthrie

Jeanne Hendricks

Greg Iaccarino

Carla Love, co-chair

Marsha Mansfield

Amy Pritchard

Rebecca Ryan

August 28, 2007