Arts and Sciences dean receives $25,000 raise
The dean of the university’s largest college is joining the provost’s office to work on projects that aim to boost retention and graduation rates, USC announced Friday.
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, who will stay on as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will receive a $25,000 raise in return for her new responsibilities as vice provost for special academic initiatives, according to Chris Byrd, the vice president for Human Resources.
That brings her salary to $310,897, an increase of 8.7 percent, according to information from the S.C. Budget and Control Board.
Fitzpatrick and Provost Michael Amiridis were out of the office Friday and did not respond to requests for comment.
Chief among her tasks will be to rework USC’s calendar to add a third, summer semester that administrators have said would give students more flexibility — and ultimately make them more competitive for internships and help them graduate on time.
The initiative is nothing new to Fitzpatrick, though.
She already serves as the chairwoman of the university’s Presidential Task Force on Summer School, which began gathering information on how USC uses its infrastructure this past summer.
A report from the task force is expected this semester, and a few pilot programs are expected to roll out as soon as Summer 2014.