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Show -- 2- DIXIESUNLINK.COM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 20, Ill'll SCAN HERE WITH YOUR fijtwBSMARTPHONE CHECK OUT OUR MOBILE PAGE! DIXIESUNLINK.COMM0BILE Teachers salaries found lacking si DSC BY LYBERTY PETERSON Staff Writer Youve finally figured out what you want to major in-- its biology. As out of the walking youre adviser's office, now knowledgeable about which classes you need to take to graduate, you absolutely cannot wait until you get back to your apartment. You sit down on a bench, pull your laptop out, go to the Dixie website, and get to the class search. You click on the biology section, scroll down to the CRN number the adviser wrote down for you, and you try to add it but nothing happens. You look over to the left only to realize the class is closed and the waiting list is 23 people long. You scroll down to see if there are any open classes left, but there are none. You need that class to graduate with this degree, yet theres no possible way to make that happen. Now what do you do? Well, the fact is, there isnt anything you could do if this were to happen. Thats the problem. Normally, colleges and universities would just hire more professors if the need came up, which in this days economy and in Dixie State College's position is becoming a challenge. Donna Dillingham-Evanthe executive vice president of academic services, said the typical hiring season starts during October, and because the state legislature doesn't meet until January, Dixie is not allocated any money until it's too late to get the most competitive of applicants. "With the way the economy and legislature work, and the fact we dont have funding for higher education, we actually dont get to advertise jobs until March-lo- ng past hiring season," Dillingham-Evan- s said. "This means we have a smaller pool of candidates. If we cannot advertise then were already a year behind to get the most competitive aps, department. After it's been decided whose need is most important they sit back and wait on the legislature. Dillingham-Evan- s said there are three things that hiring depends on: "One: how much money we are granted," she said. "Two: how much we would need to increase tuition to hire applicants. Three: faculty that retire so we can that we can spread that money across the campus." There is a huge difference on all average salaries arond the United States. According to chronicle. com, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the national average for public universities of professor's salaries for 20 11 is salaries are so low isbe. cause of Dixies locat10j Take Utah State orU sity ofUtah for example tuition. Darren Lance, a freshman general education major from Kamas, said he sometimes wishes he had paid more to get a better teacher. He said some of the teachers here at Dixie obviously weren't the first choice. Whether its because of the salary offered, the location, or something else, were not getting the quality education we should. No, this definitely is not Harvard or Ivy League, but that doesnt mean Dixie's teachers are terrible at teaching their students. Lance said: Overall the education is pretty good. I think a lot of the teachers are very loyal to their jobs considering the salaries they're offered. n Matt said one of the reasons the $89,518. The average for DSC is $77,400. The highest public salaries in the U.S. are located at Harvard University. They average out to be $193,800. The average for Utah is $85,520. The public school with the highest salaries in Utah is the University of Utah. The salaries there average to $116,300. There could be many reasons for this difference. One is Dixie is not a research school, meaning faculty are not required to conduct reasearch experiments or publish anything. The two other top public schools in Utah slowly decrease from the University of Utah. SUU comes out to average $76,900 and Weber comes to $77,400. Its been said before that because of the low cost of Theyre categories. The three categories are FTE Budget-Relate- d (Full Time Equivalent), Utah System of Higher Education reported enrollment numbers for 2011, and Dixie State College is ranked one of the fastest growing schools. According to an article by USHE called Utahs public colleges and universities see enrollment increases for fourth straight year, which can be found at www.highere-dutah.orDSC had the in- Head-coun- Budget-Relate- d and Total The Total Headcount category cludes g, t, Head-coun- t. in- al programs that do not receive taxpayer support. According to the article, DSC had the highest percent in both budget-relate- d categories with an increase FTE of 4.52 per jti withL legislature constantly K not that they're cheating Dixie out of money, ns that the legislature is 4 to the schools up north therefore, they more ofte see the accomplishments of those schools. Where they dont see all the ac complishments Dixie makes. Brent Yergensen, assis tant professor of comm, nication and department chair, said, The peckm order is U of U, USU, SUU, Weber, UVU, Dixie. He said now that DSC trying to become a school, it hopes to more recognition. sim ne Lai jnJ op ol 101 ai A the Chi psy St ml r Smith-Lahrma- Avg Prof Salary a st , We the T National Average C cup Weber State University Dixie State College Avg Prof Sai1 Southern Utah University University of Utah EC y - 20,000 A . 40,000 .v 60,000 .iiTneiw itirfrtli ESI liYlHifamnwlir. s - 80,000 - fA 100,000 120,000 DSC enrollment shows increase four years crease in two out of three ,en cau s. highest enrollment jeti Chi plicants." In order for a position to become open a department has to submit a request. Then the dean goes over all of these requests, and he submits which ones he thinks are most important to Dillingham-EvanShe said various committees critically look at the needs of each request and each BY RHETT SULLIVAN Copy Editor in contact one cent and a headcount increase of 5.47 percent. Utah Valley University had the second highest increase in these categories with a 3.65 percent FTE increase and a 3.65 percent headcount in- crease. DSC has led the state for the last three years in the budget related head count, said David Roos, executive director of enrollment services. Weber State University had the highest total headcount with a 5.62 to me is if you look in 2008, we had 6,131 in our overall headcount, Roos said. Then you to the 2011 headcount, which is 9,086, and thats a 48 percent increase from three years ago. Roos said as DSC grows and gets publicity it is easier to attract more students, and it builds on itself. Beatty said with the increase of students, DSC student services continues to increase the staff percent increase. DSC followed with an increase of 3.78 percent. Southern Utah University and Salt Lake Community College both had decreases in all three categories. The growth is definitely Dixies future, Dean of Students Del Beatty said. He said enrollment increase is one of the benchmarks laid out by the Utah Board of Regents to become a univerWhat is phenomenal size, streamline program and the admissions process, and build more to r its live buildings. Another thin: Beatty said was import: is the student services staff wants to try to kee the culture of openness. DSC. He said many student tell him they feel DSC has a comfortable, naif environment where the) can feel free to talk to DSC staff and faculty Beatty said the student In services staff doesnt W; want to lose that fast-forwa- rd sity. running VOL In n ' q ' X U A I A 1 ry Jf V X f From Pioneers to 100 Years X X f e rx ""x, , ! v ryi 4 I 1 i 1 i. v4$ m- if,, : - 4 "A I tj; f j n S 0 t v 'fll ' V ' ? l fv 1 st f 1 I i I I f t I i i t i V A |