Like many institutions of higher learning, the past five years have not been kind to faculty salaries. For example, a recent AAUP study states:
An annual survey of faculty salaries being released today by the American Association of University Professors paints a dismal picture, suggesting that a historic low period for compensation increases continues.
More of this report can be found here. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/04/09/aaup-releases-faculty-salary-data#ixzz28eCWykr9
At our public institution, the president of the faculty senate stated that that there are four sources for increasing faculty salaries:
- increased state funding (direct appropriations)
- increased private giving
- increased tuition and student fees
- re-slice the pie of the current resources
This seems like a complete list to me. What are your thoughts? Where should the funding for increased faculty salaries originate?
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