DR. JIM RICHEY, PRESIDENT | 2015 LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
Key budget provisions included:
• T otal for tuition and fees remained at $104 per credit hour for lower division courses for Florida
residents, which is in line with other state colleges in Central Florida.
• The total per credit hour for upper division courses for Florida residents also remained unchanged
at $128.51.
• Salary increases for full-time faculty based on a successfully negotiated new three-year collective
bargaining agreement with the United Faculty of Florida, Brevard Chapter.
• New UFF contract includes a 7.5 percent pay increase, with 2.5 percent hikes given annually over
the three years.
• Cost of living payment for all non-probationary full-time staff except the president and non-
probationary regular part-time staff.
• F ull-time staff received a $1,000 lump sum payment and regular part-time staff received $500.
This was the third year since 2012 that college staff employees saw either salary increases or cost
of living payments.
• A
djunct faculty compensation rose 2 percent on top of the 4 percent increase they received in FY
2014-15 budget.
• Received more than $17 million from the State Legislature to construct a new Health Sciences
Institute on the Melbourne campus that will house new and existing health care programs. (Financial
Management, Student Enrollment, Employee Relations, Trustee Relations)
• Established staff-faculty Strategic Planning Leadership Group to establish priorities and build a plan
to guide staff and faculty work for 2016-19, with examination of enrollment, retention, new academic
programs, financial resources and inter-departmental cooperation. (Student Enrollment, Employee
Relations, Financial Management, Trustee Relations)
July 2015
• Marked second anniversary as Eastern Florida State College with continued strong support at the
college and throughout the community for our expanding educational mission and new initiatives.
(Public Awareness, Community Relations, Trustee Relations)
• Reorganized the Office of Students with Disabilities into the Student Access for Improved Learning office
(SAIL) to better serve the college’s disabled students and provide them with more services. (Student
Enrollment, Diversity Initiatives)
• Conducted internal review to analyze and improve “customer service” to newly enrolled and
prospective students by eliminating roadblocks to enrollment and retention, and training staff to better
meet student needs in the enrollment, orientation and retention process. (Student Enrollment, Financial
Management, Employee Relations)