Section II.H: Institutional Policy on Faculty Compensation and Workload
The Lewis & Clark College salary policy for faculty is designed to recognize and reward
meritorious performance. It is predicated on the assumption that most Lewis & Clark faculty
perform meritoriously and will be so rewarded. It also recognizes that while faculty may
emphasize different aspects of their professional lives at different moments in their careers, a
sustained commitment to teaching is at the heart of the College’s mission.
Each faculty member is reviewed in the areas of teaching, scholarship or creative work, and
professional service not in a formulaic way but for the strength of that individual’s contributions
to the College and to his or her own professional growth. Salary increases are based on
meritorious performance. Pre-tenure reviews, tenure and promotion reviews, and the periodic
reviews of tenured faculty are taken into account in assessing performance. Successful tenure
and promotion reviews normally result in special merit raises.
During the budgeting process, a pool of funds is normally reserved in each school for faculty
salary increases. The precise amount is determined as part of the annual budget process. The size of the pool is conditioned by available resources and the claims of other institutional and school needs, but appropriate faculty compensation is always a priority at Lewis & Clark College. The dean of each school is responsible for determining faculty salaries. In determining faculty salaries, the dean of each school is also responsible for reserving the funds needed to attract and retain superior faculty and for making appropriate equity adjustments based on merit.
Evaluations of performance for purposes of salary increases are conducted according to
procedures specific to each school.
More specific policies and procedures regarding faculty compensation, as adopted by the faculties of each school, and which are advisory to the dean of each school, are found in the portion of the Faculty Handbook related to each school: