IRIN News: GUINEA-BISSAU: Teachers strike over non-pay; Children have missed four months of schooling in the 2008-09 academic year
BISSAU, 20 March 2009 (IRIN) – Intermittent teacher strikes that have disrupted the school year since October 2008 are on again as most of the country’s teachers went on strike on 19 March over salary arrears, according to the Union of Teachers.
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The Chronicle: Pay Raises for Midlevel Workers Trail Those for Top-Level Administrators
Pay for midlevel administrative workers increased 3.5 percent this year, according to an annual report to be released this week by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
For the past two years, median raises for midlevel employees had outpaced inflation. In 2008, however, inflation jumped 3.8 percent, eating up the gains.
Top-level administrators fared slightly better, with median salary increases of 4 percent (The Chronicle, February 27).
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Daily Mail: University heads win 9% pay rise as they call for student fees to double
Nottingham University boasted the highest paid vice-chancellor with Professor Sir Colin Campbell, with £585,000
Nottingham University, above, boasted the highest paid vice-chancellor
University heads won a nine per cent pay rise to £194,000 last year.
Vice-chancellors enjoyed the ‘ exorbitant’ pay rises at a time when they are stepping up calls for a rise in tuition fees.
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Evening Standard: £300,000 for university chiefs but they want student fees to go up
UNIVERSITY vice-chancellors were condemned today for taking home huge pay rises as they demanded the power to charge students higher tuition fees.
In London, three vice-chancellors were paid more than £300,000 during 2007/08 after receiving what critics called “exorbitant” increases.
Five university leaders in the capital made it into the top 10 in the UK vice-chancellors “rich list”, compiled by the Times Higher Education magazine.
Across the country, the average pay rise for vice-chancellors last year was nine per cent taking salaries to an average of £194,000.
The details emerged two days after vice-chancellors called for undergraduate tuition fees to be doubled to £6,500 a year. They claimed that without more funding degree courses would have to be cut and Britain’s status as a world leader for research and education would be put at risk.
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WOWT: UNO To Appeal Faculty Raises & Insurance
The University of Nebraska announced Friday it will appeal salary increases and a new insurance benefit awarded to faculty members at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. At issue is a contract for faculty members represented by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
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The Brown Daily Herald: Full-time RISD faculty forgo salary increases
Full-time faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design have agreed to forgo a salary increase next year in the face of the worsening economic climate.
Henry Ferreira, associate professor of printmaking and president of the full-time faculty’s union, said the faculty “arrived at a decision that it would probably be best” to give up raises for a year to see where the economy was headed.
The union’s current contract expires July 1, at the end of this fiscal year. The faculty members have decided to wait for a year rather than negotiate a new contract amid economic turmoil, Ferreira said.
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Providence Journal: RISD teachers’ union votes to voluntarily freeze wages
Friday, March 6, 2009
PROVIDENCE — The approximately 144 members of the full-time teachers’ union at the Rhode Island School of Design have voted to voluntarily freeze wages and stipends for the next fiscal year.
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Inside Higher Ed: Tightening Picture for Faculty Pay
March 9, 2009
The rate of increase in faculty salaries is down this year – and that is evident even in data collected before many colleges started to announce furloughs and, in some cases, salary cuts. The median increase for faculty members at four-year colleges and universities for 2008-9 was 3.7 percent, according to a study being released today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
The survey showed larger increases for faculty members at private institutions and for the senior faculty ranks.
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CUPA-HR recently released the findings of its 2008-09 National Faculty Salary Survey. Results indicate that the median increase in overall average salary for faculty members in colleges and universities was 3.7%, down from last year’s 4.0% increase. This finding reflects the salaries as of October 15, 2008, of more than 218,564 faculty members in public and private colleges and universities nationwide. Salaries are also reported for 5,154 researchers. Salaries were reported by 837 institutions, including 500 private institutions and 337 public institutions. Click here to see the data table for select positions.
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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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Tallahassee Democrat: Florida State students plan to raise $100K for faculty salaries
A volunteer group of Florida State University students has launched a fundraising campaign called “Protect Our Professors” to save faculty who are in danger of being laid off.
The students’ goal is to raise $100,000 by mid-April, according to student body president Laymon Hicks.
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Austin American-Statesman: ACC administrators’ raises stir concern
Salary increases for all employees could be delayed or eliminated in next budget.
Administrators at Austin Community College have received salary increases of up to 33 percent in the current school year, prompting criticism from some faculty and staff members and questions about a plan to delay or eliminate raises for all employees in the coming year.
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WCCO.com: Minn. State University Faculty OKs Salary Freeze
Faculty members at Minnesota’s seven state universities have voted to skip any salary increases for the next two years as a way to avoid layoffs.
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BBC: Teachers demand 10% pay increase
Teachers’ strike
Teachers staged a one-day strike last year over pay
The biggest teachers’ union in England and Wales is calling for a 10% pay rise – and says the economic downturn should not be an “excuse” for low pay rises.
The National Union of Teachers has submitted its demand to the profession’s pay review body.
A government spokesman says the current recommended 2.3% offer represents a “good deal” for teaching staff.
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The Chronicle Review: No Tenure? No Problem.
How to make $100,000 a year as an adjunct English instructor
By DOUGLAS W. TEXTER
I recently defended my dissertation in English at a land-grant institution in the Midwest. Our department’s national reputation plunges every year as the new hires get weirder and their expertise more esoteric. Ph.D. degrees from our department, unless you’re female or a minority, don’t provide much value in the marketplace. Even if you do fit into one of those desirable categories, you’re probably screwed and headed to a $40,000-a-year job — much less if you get one of those stunningly low-paid, visiting-professor gigs.
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The Chronicle News Blog: California Legislation Would Tie College Executives’ Pay to Tuition
San Francisco — A California lawmaker is proposing to prohibit raises for executives at the state’s public colleges and universities in years that they raise tuition.
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The Monitor: College professor wins pay discrimination case against UTPA
EDINBURG — Hilda Medrano was demoted from her job as dean of the University of Texas-Pan American’s college of education almost four years ago.
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The Chronicle News Blog: Faculty Union at UMass Accepts One-Year Pay Freeze
The union of faculty members and librarians on the University of Massachusetts’ campuses in Amherst and in Boston has reached a tentative agreement on a contract that includes a one-year moratorium on salary increases.
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The Chronicle News Blog: UConn Hoops Coach’s $12-Million Claim Calls for a Lesson in Math
The top-ranked University of Connecticut men’s basketball team beat the University of South Florida by 14 points on Saturday. But Jim Calhoun, the head coach now in his 23rd season with Connecticut, was hardly in a charitable mood at the postgame press conference.
Mr. Calhoun quickly lost his cool when a freelance reporter, political activist, and law student, Ken Krayeske, questioned him about the propriety of his annual salary, given the state’s $2-billion budget deficit, The Hartford Courant reported.
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Tampa Tribune: Cringing at USF bonuses
University of South Florida president Judy Genshaft must know that appearances can be as important as reality. Surely, she knew this when she handed out hefty bonuses to four top staff members — after the university had slashed millions from the budget, frozen salaries and ordered big layoffs. Three of those staff members report directly to the president. During these hard economic times, everyone at USF should share the pain. Genshaft, along with her advisers, deserve all the criticism they are getting for this insensitive move.
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