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U of Hawaii seeks to delay faculty paychecks by 1 day to save cash

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Star-Bulletin: UH seeks to delay faculty paychecks by 1 day to save cash

The University of Hawaii administration is negotiating with the faculty union to save $12 million this fiscal year through a delay in issuing paychecks.

If the administration and the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly can agree, unionized faculty members would see their June 30, 2010, paycheck pushed back to July 1, when the 2011 fiscal year begins. They will also likely see their paychecks pushed back a day for the next four pay periods.

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Hartnell board cuts president’s salary

Posted on August 24, 2009 by | Comments Off on Hartnell board cuts president’s salary

The Californian: Hartnell board cuts president’s salary

Hartnell College President Phoebe Helm and other administrators took a cut in pay Tuesday following a closed session vote by the board of trustees. The board approved a 10 percent salary reduction for Helm and 5 percent cut for administrators and other nonunion staff.

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AAUP says to push back against salary cuts

Posted on August 24, 2009 by | Comments Off on AAUP says to push back against salary cuts

AAUP’s CBC Executive Committee Issues Resolution

AAUP: Washington, D.C.— Recently, the AAUP’s Collective Bargaining Congress (CBC) Executive Committee issued the following resolution.

Turn it around; don’t give it away

Recent decades have witnessed: (a) a systematic shift of institutional monies from educational to administrative expenditures; (b) a disjuncture between rapidly rising tuition versus overused and underpaid contingent faculty and graduate student employees; (c) a growing gap between rising numbers of Full Time Equivalent students and the numbers of tenure-track faculty; and (d) a growing gap between faculty/academic professional and senior administrative salaries. Each of these patterns work to the detriment of educational quality, institutional effectiveness, student access and success, and broad social benefit.

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Hawaii: As unions struggle, leaders’ pay goes up

Posted on August 3, 2009 by | Comments Off on Hawaii: As unions struggle, leaders’ pay goes up

Honolulu Advertiser: As unions struggle, leaders’ pay goes up
Labor executives in Islands averaged 9.4% salary hike last year

At a time of rising unemployment and declining membership at some unions, many local labor leaders took home healthy pay increases in 2008.
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A computer-assisted study by The Honolulu Advertiser found that top executives of the state’s 27 largest unions and labor organizations earned an average of $135,135 last year, a 9.4 percent increase from the year-earlier period.

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Do Elite Colleges Produce the Best-Paid Graduates?

Posted on July 26, 2009 by | Comments Off on Do Elite Colleges Produce the Best-Paid Graduates?

The New York Times: Do Elite Colleges Produce the Best-Paid Graduates?

Forget U.S. News’s academic rankings and Playboy’s party-school list. For some prospective college freshmen, here’s the important question: Will I make more money if I go to Harvard, or if I go to Harvey Mudd?

PayScale, a site that collects data on salaries for different professions, argues that it can help students answer that question. Today the company is releasing an updated, gigantic data set on the salaries of graduates from hundreds of universities and colleges, as well as salaries and career choices broken down by department/major.

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College presidents eligible for bonuses during pay freeze

Posted on July 8, 2009 by | Comments Off on College presidents eligible for bonuses during pay freeze

Inforum.com: College presidents eligible for bonuses during pay freeze

Presidents of Minnesota state colleges and universities can earn $3,000 to $15,000 in performance bonuses next school year even though faculty and staff pay is frozen for two years.

Presidents of Minnesota state colleges and universities can earn $3,000 to $15,000 in performance bonuses next school year even though faculty and staff pay is frozen for two years.

Presidents, including those at Minnesota State University Moorhead and Minnesota State Community and Technical College with one of four campuses in Moorhead, had the ability to earn $2,000 in performance pay for the fiscal year that just ended.

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Michigan: Oakland U pres takes pay hike; freeze faculty salary

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Detroit News: Oakland University negotiators still at table
President’s ’08 pay hike, then freezes, at issue

Faculty negotiations at Oakland University are beginning to heat up as the professors’ Aug. 14 contract is set to expire.

And if history is any indication, negotiations will likely come down to the last minute, possibly narrowly averting a professor strike hours before students begin fall classes, similar to the last contract talks in 2006.

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Queensland: Teachers may call more strikes for better pay

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Courier-Mail: Teachers may call more strikes for better pay

QUEENSLAND teachers are expected to reject a government ultimatum and call for further strikes in their fight for better pay, the union has warned.

More than 250 Queensland Teachers Union delegates meet today in Brisbane for the three-day state conference and will vote on whether to continue industrial action.

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Some UWisconsin doctors get 6-figure sums from drug, medical firms

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Journal Sentinel: Faculty disclose outside payments
Some UW doctors get 6-figure sums from drug, medical firms

At least 11 doctors with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health received more than $50,000 from drug or medical device companies last year, including seven who pulled in six-figure amounts, according to records obtained by the Journal Sentinel.

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Sharing the Pain: Cutting Faculty Salaries Across the Board

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The Chronicle: Sharing the Pain: Cutting Faculty Salaries Across the Board
Broad Pay Cuts Make Deep Dents in Morale
Greensboro College has many of the intimate hallmarks of a small, private, liberal-arts college.

Professors give their cellphone numbers to students and routinely provide extra help to those who need it. Classes at the North Carolina institution average 14 people. And one of the students featured on the college Web site is a biology major who plays on the tennis and volleyball teams and says she is grateful that professors are willing to work around her hectic schedule. The college motto is “You belong here!”

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U. of California Weighs Options for Pay Cuts and Furloughs

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Inside Higher Ed: U. of California Weighs Options for Pay Cuts and Furloughs

Faculty and staff at the University of California could face a salary cut of 8 percent, 21 days of unpaid furloughs, or a combination of pay cuts and furloughs in 2010, under a proposal made by the president of the university system Wednesday. In a letter and memorandum sent to all employees of the 10-campus system and obtained by Inside Higher Ed, President Mark G. Yudof said that the “unprecedented challenges” facing the university — a deficit of nearly $800 million in the current and next fiscal years — would require $195 million in pay reductions, on top of $211 million generated through tuition increases and about $400 million that would fall to individual campuses to save through program and other reductions. The systemwide cut would be accomplished, Yudof wrote, either through an 8 percent salary decrease from August 2009 through July 2010 (4 percent for those earning under $46,000), 21 days of unpaid holidays and scheduled furloughs (slightly fewer for those who work only during the academic year and for those earning under $46,000), or 12 unpaid days and a 3.4 percent salary decrease. Yudof said university leaders would decide on one option to present to UC’s Board of Regents in July.

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South Africa: Cap all higher education pay, say unions

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Business Day: Cap all higher education pay, say unions

CAPPING the pay of top managers at public higher education institutions was a step in the right direction, but all salaries at these institutions should be subject to government guidelines, two higher education staff unions said yesterday.

The government has proposed that the total cost of all senior university and university of technology management salaries be capped at 6% of each institution’s total staff cost.

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For Adjuncts, Stitching Together Part-Time Jobs Into Full-Time Pay

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The Chronicle: For Adjuncts, Stitching Together Part-Time Jobs Into Full-Time Pay

Washington — How can part-time adjunct professors cobble together enough jobs to get full-time pay, all while staying put at one institution?

By teaching and doing student-service work — such as developing courses, advising, and serving as a mentor — on a fee-per-service basis, said Treseanne Ainsworth, an adjunct who recently got a full-time non-tenure-track appointment at Boston College.

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Idaho: ‘Inspiration officer’ paid $112,500 over nine months at UI

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The Spokesman-Review: Faculty question expert’s earnings
‘Inspiration officer’ paid $112,500 over nine months at UI

MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho is paying a Minnesota consultant who spends less than two weeks a month on the Moscow campus $112,500 to serve as its “chief inspiration officer,” according to public records.

The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports the university signed a contract with Magaly Rodriguez last year, paying her $12,500 a month as part of a nine-month contract that expires in June.

The workshops conducted by Rodriguez have helped save programs, school administrators said, but some faculty are criticizing the contract signed during the same budget year the school was forced to cut about $3.8 million.

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Wisconsin: MATC unions tentatively OK giving up raises

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Journal Sentinel: MATC unions tentatively OK giving up raises

Unions representing faculty and staff at Milwaukee Area Technical College have tentatively agreed to a plan to forgo scheduled pay raises this year to help close a projected $19 million budget gap.

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Florida: Tensions brewing over faculty salaries at UNF

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Jacksonville.com: Tensions brewing over faculty salaries at UNF
Administrators get largest hikes; faculty salaries near last in state.

Faculty at the University of North Florida haven’t gotten a pay raise in three years, their average pay is nearly last among state institutions, while UNF deans and administrators are pocketing hefty increases.

The average pay for UNF’s faculty ranked 10th out of 11 state universities last year. When considering total compensation, including benefits, UNF is dead last.

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U. of California Executives to Take 5% Pay Cuts

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The Chronicle News Blog: U. of California Executives to Take 5% Pay Cuts

The president of the University of California and other senior executives, including campus chancellors, will take a 5-percent pay cut in the 2009-10 fiscal year, the president, Mark G. Yudof, announced in a letter late last week.

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Kansas State Scrambles to Invalidate Secret $3.2-Million Deal Between Ex-Athletics Officials

Posted on May 20, 2009 by | Comments Off on Kansas State Scrambles to Invalidate Secret $3.2-Million Deal Between Ex-Athletics Officials

Wichita Eagle: K-State files suit to stop secret Prince settlement

Kansas State University and its athletic corporation filed suit in Riley County District Court today to stop a “secret” deferred compensation agreement for former football coach Ron Prince that goes beyond the $1.2 million he received as part of his contract extension last August.

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Robert Morris U. Faculty Union Forgoes Much of a Raise to Free Up Scholarship Funds

Posted on May 19, 2009 by | Comments Off on Robert Morris U. Faculty Union Forgoes Much of a Raise to Free Up Scholarship Funds

The Chronicle News Blog: Robert Morris U. Faculty Union Forgoes Much of a Raise to Free Up Scholarship Funds

The union representing the faculty at Robert Morris University has agreed to give up more than half the raise due its members next year to allow the private Pennsylvania college to spend more on student financial aid.

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Australia: Queensland teachers poised to strike for better pay

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The Age: Teachers poised to strike for better pay

Queensland teachers are voting on whether to take strike action, possibly within two weeks, as they pursue a new wage deal with the state government.

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