Senate Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty SCESF

The Senate Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty ("SCESF") gathers and organizes data on salaries and benefits and represents the faculty in the determination of University policy on salary issues.  SCESF issues an annual report along with an executive summary of that report.

SCESF performs the bulk of its work annually during the fall semester using data provided via the Provost by the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis.

SCESF 2023-2024 Membership

• Femida Handy (Social Policy and Practice),  term expires 2026
• Marsha Lester (SAS/Chemistry),  term expires 2025
• Iourii Manovskii (SAS/Economics),  term expires 2025, CHAIR
• Mark Oyama (Veterinary Medicine),  term expires 2024
• Rand Quinn (Education),  term expires 2024
• Petra Todd (SAS/Economics),  term expires 2025
• Ex officio:
  • Tulia Falleti (SAS/Political Science), Senate Chair
  • Eric Feldman (Law), Senate Chair-Elect
  • Vivian Gadsden (Education), Senate Past Chair

SCESF members serve three-year terms, per the Faculty Senate Rules.

Specific Charges, 2023-2024

1. Address systemic racism and other forms of inequity by assessing and evaluating ways to change University structures, practices, and biases at the University, school, departmental, and individual levels (e.g., compensation based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability).
2. Gather, organize, and analyze data on compensation of Standing Faculty and Standing Faculty-Clinician-Educators and produce a first draft of the Report on the Economic Status of the Faculty for discussion and review in committee by December 2023.
3. Gather and organize data to assess gender equity in compensation beyond base salary.
4. Compare the economic status of Penn faculty in their respective fields with peer institutions.
5. Incorporate final changes and approve the final draft of the Report on the Economic Status of the Faculty by January 2024.

• 2022-2023 (Fiscal Year 2022 data)
  • No formal report
  • Standard data set
• 2021-2022 (Fiscal Year 2021 data)
  • Full Report
• 2020-2021 (Fiscal Year 2020 data)
  • No formal report
  • Standard data set
• 2019-2020 (Fiscal Year 2019 data)
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report
• 2018-2019 (Fiscal Year 2018 data)
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report
• 2017-2018 (Fiscal Year 2017 data)
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report
• 2016-2017 (Fiscal Year 2016 data)
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report
• 2015-2016 (Fiscal Year 2015 data)
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report
• 2014-2015 (Fiscal Year 2014 data)
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report
• 2013-2014 (Fiscal Year 2013 data)
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report
• 2012-2013 (Fiscal Year 2012 data)
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report
• 2011-2012 (Fiscal Year 2011 data)
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report
• 2010-2011 (Fiscal Year 2010 data)
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report