Author: higbie

AAUP Faculty Compensation Survey

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A national survey of university faculty compensation paints a troubling picture of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on higher education. Salaries dropped for the first time since 2011 according to a national survey by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Adjusted for inflation, salaries decreased 0.4 percent when averaged across the more than 900 colleges and universities surveyed, and declined by by 0.8 percent at doctoral institutions. Nearly 60 percent of institutions surveyed froze or cut salaries, while about 30 percent cut or modified fringe benefits. The survey also showed substantially higher salaries for male faculty over female…

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Grad. employee protests spreading across UC (updated 2/21/20)

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Facing rising rents that are outstripping their pay, a group of Teaching Assistants at UC Santa Cruz launched a grade strike and are demanding a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). Predictably, UCOP has been unsympathetic, and disciplinary actions may come soon. An array of UCSC departments, student organizations, and community groups have

Faculty Support for UC-AFT Unit 18 Lecturers

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Non-tenure track faculty teach a growing share of courses at University of California campuses, including UCLA. Despite their vital role in university teaching, lecturers have very little job security and have to fight for every benefit they get. UC lecturers have been negotiating with the university administration for several months with very little progress, and

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UC Workers to Strike: 10/23-25

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Campus workers affiliated with AFSCME local 3299 and UPTE-CWA local 9119 voted overwhelmingly to authorize strikes at the University of California after bargaining stalled. After the vote, AFSCME announced that members in several bargaining units would strike on October 23, 24, and 25. UPTE then announced its members would strike on the same dates. Last

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Support Academic Freedom for UC Librarians

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In a recent bargaining session with unionized librarians, UC administrators rejected the a proposal to recognize academic freedom for librarians. According to UC-AFT, negotiators for the university argued that academic freedom is “not a good fit” for librarians and claimed to have consulted Senate faculty on the topic. Quite the opposite is true, and faculty