No Strike
Well, it seems students at West Chester University and other state-owned universities will not have to worry about packing their bags and loosing their summer classes. Late last night, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the faculty union reached an agreement.
A press conference was held today in Harrisburg to announce the agreement. According to the most recent Associated Press report, members of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties would receive a $1,750 cash payment in the fiscal year that began Monday, followed by pay increases of 3 percent each in the second and third years and 4 percent in the fourth year.
Faculty members not at the top of the salary schedule also would receive seniority-based increases of 2.5 percent or 5 percent annually until they reach top scale.
The average nine-month salary for full-time faculty was $70,000 in the 2006-07 academic year, and maximum salaries currently range from $60,000 for instructors to roughly $98,000 for full professors.
So, don't expect to see any professors picketing outside of WCU today.
I hope everyone has a safe July 4th holiday. I'll be out of town, attending a friend's party in New Jersey.
A press conference was held today in Harrisburg to announce the agreement. According to the most recent Associated Press report, members of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties would receive a $1,750 cash payment in the fiscal year that began Monday, followed by pay increases of 3 percent each in the second and third years and 4 percent in the fourth year.
Faculty members not at the top of the salary schedule also would receive seniority-based increases of 2.5 percent or 5 percent annually until they reach top scale.
The average nine-month salary for full-time faculty was $70,000 in the 2006-07 academic year, and maximum salaries currently range from $60,000 for instructors to roughly $98,000 for full professors.
So, don't expect to see any professors picketing outside of WCU today.
I hope everyone has a safe July 4th holiday. I'll be out of town, attending a friend's party in New Jersey.
2 Comments:
I'm a professor at WCU and a member of the faculty union. I've seen the figures for what instructors and professors earn in other news accounts and I see them repeated here. The numbers for faculty seem about right but I wonder about the figure of $60,000 per year for an instructor. I know plenty of instructors and they start in the $30s. Could the 60K figure be for someone who teaches more than nine-months and more than four courses?
Also, regarding the top salary of nearly $100 grand, to earn that you have to have received all possible promotions, worked for a lot of years, teach two summer sessions in addition to the nine-month academic year, and maybe have to teach an extra course during the semester as well. In other words, there are not many professors making that much, at least not at WCU. I'd guess less than ten and maybe less than five.
July 4, 2007
Thank you for a Fair Contract.
My wife and I are proud grads of WCU, tax payers in PA, major contributors to WCU fund raising events and pay 100% of our son's college education at WCU.
The contract is a reasonable cost of living increase with health benefits that are better than I can attain for myself and my own forty employees.
Great job to both sides for coming to an agreement that is fiscally responsible and fair.
Jesse Hamilton
WCU Class of 1982
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