The following goals and principles guide our compensation plan:

• Enable the University to compete within its various markets for the retention and recruitment of talent
• Allow for flexibility to reflect the unique needs and challenges of each campus
• Ensure salary bands are regularly reviewed to ensure competitiveness
• Ensure market competitiveness while maintaining equity/fairness
• Provide career ladders to support professional growth and retention of talent
• Develop policies that reflect the desired workplace:
  • Recognize changes in job responsibilities and/or skills of employee
  • Facilitate movement through salary band
  • Address atypical situations 
• Support a culture of accountability and high performance
• Create a system that is easy to implement and communicate
• Transparency
• Provide for pay adjustments based upon performance through regular, fair, and meaningful performance evaluations
• Provide salary adjustments based upon demonstrated performance and contributions and fundability
• Administration of the plan is without regard to race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation or preference, disability, or age