You’ve probably already seen the latest annual report from the AAUP on faculty salaries. And the results are probably not a surprise, either. The survey found that salaries, on average, increased just 1.2 percent, the smallest annual increase in the…
The national context
Keeping Quiet About the Rising Cost of Higher Education
by Michelle Felber •
Regardless of your opinion of political activist Tom Hayden, he deserves credit for continuing the conversation the rising cost of higher education. Writing for the Chronicle of Higher Education, Hayden offers some thoughts about how the cost of higher education…
UW
Announcing: WISCAPE director’s blog
by Joe Salmons •
Shortly after our new web page was launched, we called attention to some sources of news on faculty issues at UW and for higher education generally. At that point, we noted that the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary…
UW
New Data: Peer Pay Comparisons Based on This Year’s Numbers
by Jack O'Meara •
Most of you probably saw the article in Sunday’s Wisconsin State Journal, along with some subsequent campus discussion like the Daily Cardinal editorial (see post below), detailing how our faculty salaries continue to lag behind our peers. UW System is…
The national context, UW
Daily Cardinal on faculty pay
by Joe Salmons •
If you haven’t seen today’s Daily Cardinal, you should look at it — this article, “Power up professors’ paltry paychecks: UW should more actively solicit donations for professor salaries”, suggests refocusing spending from buildings to faculty salaries. PROFS and other…
UW System
Gov. Doyle Appoints New Regent
by Michelle Felber •
Last week, Governor Jim Doyle appointed Eau Claire attorney Edward Manydeeds to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. Manydeeds received a Bachelor of Arts from UW–Superior and a law degree from UW–Madison. After confirmation by the Wisconsin State…