The Chronicle: Faculty Raises Are Down Slightly From Last Year
Salaries of college faculty members increased by a median average of 3.7 percent in 2008-9, a lower rate of increase than in 2007-8, a study has found.
The study, by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, says public doctoral institutions had the smallest increase, at 3.3 percent, down from last year’s 4.4-percent growth. Private doctoral institutions had the largest increase, at 4.1 percent. In all, the salaries of faculty members and administrators together grew by 4 percent last year.
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Professors’ Freedoms Under Assault in the Courts
The Chronicle: Professors’ Freedoms Under Assault in the Courts
By PETER SCHMIDT
Balance of Power is a series examining new challenges to faculty influence.
Kevin J. Renken learned the limits of his academic freedom the hard way.
As an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Mr. Renken says he felt obliged to speak out about his belief that administrators there were mishandling a National Science Foundation grant to him and several colleagues. When the university subsequently reduced his pay and returned the grant, he sued, alleging illegal retaliation.
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