By Hannah Esrock–
After months of surveys and discussion, Arts and Sciences faculty are proposing the creation of an A&S Faculty Salary Committee.
The motion to propose the committee to A&S Dean Kimberly Kempf-Leonard passed a Faculty Assembly vote Friday. Leonard suggested the committee was needed so a group of faculty can devote time into continuing to participate salary research and discussion.
The new salary committee will be composed of six full time faculty members (two from each A&S division), one part time faculty representative and one term faculty member. The original proposal included staff representation, but faculty members removed them, saying it would be a “slap in the face to keep them on the committee.”
Faculty also discussed whether or not the faculty should demand they make no salary less than $60,764, or $6,706 per course for part time faculty. The Economic Policy Institute considers this a low living wage. The proposed committee will fight for wages higher than this, and how to fund it.
“If just that $60,000 could solve all our problems, that is but a tiny sliver in the president’s paycheck,” one faculty member said.
The assembly’s next meeting is set to discuss the college climate survey and plans for the new SAC and academic building. An outstanding motion from Friday’s meeting will be discussed first or will be moved to a different time in a separate meeting.
