| Show Faculty gets pay pay increase Still behind national average aver ge Jerre Contributing Writer After a three year pay freeze faculty are slated to receive a 3 of base salary increase The raise was appropriated by the State Legislature effective July 1 1989 according to Bob Cox professor of business management ann and president A. A 0 1 of the Faculty Association of The administration will supplement the faculty raise with an additional 1 to 15 merit raise as ratified by the faculty association in early May In addition adjunct adjunct adjunct ad ad- faculty will receive a 50 per hour increase in payI payI pay I did expect more from the legislature than what we got Cox said commenting on the increase It lilt has been beena a long drought Were We're not keeping up with the cost of living nor are we satisfied with the trend in salary increases increases increases in in- creases of the last several years Were We're using band-aids band for a hemorrhage situation Public school and college level educators' educators salaries have been frozen in Utah by the State Legislature aJ lature aUa for the aa na past t aJ aUa aa t three years and according to Cox this is having an effect on the quality in education A significant number of educators have left this institution institution institution in in- and it has created a terrific drain on morale he said Vice-President Vice of Business Heber Hunt agreed saying We lose our teachers to industry and to Continued on page 2 Faculty pay raise still behind Continued from front page other institutions where they can make better money I think this raise is far from keeping our people up with the cost of living Hunt continued the legislature has to respond better next year or the state will have some severe problems in recruiting next year Not only are students facing the loss of educators but lack of state funding for faculty salaries forces the college college college col col- col- col lege to spend dollars on faculty faculty faculty ty merit increases when they might instead be spent on student programs According to Hunt in order to provide the 1 to 15 merit increase for this year a reallocation of funds was was' necessary This meant that some student courses with small enrollment of limited interest were dropped and the dollars budgeted for the courses were redirected toward other college college college col col- col- col lege needs such as faculty merit increases How do faculty salaries compare with peer institutions institutions institutions in in- nationwide In salary Heber said were 24 behind comparable institutions institutions institutions in in- and 17 behind in total compensation which includes includes includes in in- our benefits package According to the 1989 Legislative Packet the average faculty salary is while the average at comparable institutions is Salary to comparable institutions total compensation 88 1987 U en W Ul uI Wu 0 WJ J I Ien u en J z z 30 20 COMPARABLE INSTITUTIONS INSTITUTIONS Total Salary Compensation Salt Lake Community College Average of comparable institutions Percentage behind comparable Institutions Salt Lake Community College 2438 1717 Source 90 1989 USHE USH E Data Book |
