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University employees' jobs and salaries. He said that he had committed to
the Board, as well as to University faculty and staff, that considerable
effort would be devoted during 1992-93 to a review of the University's
administrative structure and staffing patterns to ensure that resources
were being utilized as effectively as possible to support the primary
mission of the University and to preserve and enhance funding for academic
programs wherever possible.

     He reported that the restructuring and staffing review had four
primary purposes:

     1.   to respond to ongoing strategic planning commitments to ensure
          that the University's organization, values and management
          processes support the realization of University goals in an
          efficient and effective manner;

     2.   to ensure, in light of the recent reductions, that University
          resources are being utilized as effectively as possible to
          support the primary mission of the University and that the budget
          reductions don't adversely impact the academic program any more
          than absolutely necessary;

     3.   to review the appropriateness of University staffing patterns and
          levels; and

     4.   to address the questions presented by the Self-Study and
          Reaffirmation Committee reports concerning the University's
          administrative structure. (The Southern Association of Colleges
          and Schools has reaffirmed the accreditation of the University.)

     President Wethington reminded the Board of his commitment to them at
the June 1992 meeting to review the University's administrative structure,
staffing patterns and workload during 1992-93. He informed them that he
had directed the chancellors and vice presidents to initiate that process
within their respective areas on July 1, 1992. Also, he appointed a
broad-based faculty committee to review and make recommendations to him on
a faculty workload policy for the University System. The chancellors and
vice presidents were required to put in place committees to review their
respective units at all levels. If structural issues were raised that
crossed sector or vice presidential lines, those issues were to be
discussed and agreed to between or among chancellors and vice presidents
before being proposed to the President. He said that organizational issues
which were raised and which were University-wide in nature were to be
submitted directly to him. From July through mid-December, each of the
chancellors and vice presidents conducted a participatory restructuring
review within his/her area.

     He explained the individual review process for the Community College
System, the Medical Center, the Lexington Campus and the vice presidential
areas. He noted that a very broad cross-section of University faculty,
staff, and students participated in the restructuring review of the
organization. He said that all of the preliminary reports were submitted
to him on December 15th, including the Faculty Workload Committee's
preliminary report for implementation during the Spring Semester of 1993.
He reported that his Cabinet held several day-long sessions in December and
January discussing these preliminary reports at length.