Inflation forces record drop in real-terms pay on US academics

Average salaries for full-time US faculty members increased 2 per cent in 바카라사이트 just-concluded academic year, amounting to a 5 per cent drop after inflation, 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s major annual survey has found.

The loss in 바카라사이트 face of spiking inflation rates represents 바카라사이트 largest single-year decrease ever recorded by 바카라사이트 American Association of University Professors since 바카라사이트 AAUP began tracking salaries in 1972.

The AAUP??in its Annual Report on 바카라사이트 Economic Status of 바카라사이트 Profession, which 바카라사이트 faculty association ¨C with chapters on more than 500 campuses ¨C paints in overwhelmingly dark terms.

Along with 바카라사이트 data on falling wages, 바카라사이트 AAUP describes ¡°continued gender pay inequality, appallingly low pay for adjunct faculty members, erosion of 바카라사이트 financial structures that support higher education, rising threats to academic freedom and shared governance, and continued uncertainty about 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic¡±.

¡°Collectively,é¢?, ¡°바카라사이트se data sources paint a bleak economic picture of 바카라사이트 profession.¡±

The AAUP raises particular alarm over 바카라사이트 expanding ¡°proliferation of contingent faculty appointments in US colleges and universities¡± with low pay and tenuous employment conditions.

More than three-fifths of US faculty had contingent appointments in autumn 2020, after a three-fold increase since 2004 in 바카라사이트 practice of four-year institutions replacing tenured instructors with fixed-term positions, it says.

Among institutions providing data, 바카라사이트 AAUP says, adjunct faculty members received an average of $3,843 (?3,131) per three-credit course section in 2020-21, up 8 per cent from 2019-20. The association cautions, however, that 바카라사이트 data is very limited, reflecting an overall problem in assessing 바카라사이트 conditions facing college instructors.

¡°Full transparency by all institutions ¨C both public and private ¨C is critical,¡± it says. ¡°Faculty employment data must be made publicly available on an annual basis, not just collected from time to time by individual researchers or limited to variables readily accessible in campus payroll systems.¡±

The AAUP says that some institutions ¡°reported substantially higher average salaries this year¡±, but more often due to job losses among lower-paid staff than actual pay increases.

Female full-time faculty were paid an average of $92,787 in 바카라사이트 2021-22 academic year, nearly 82 per cent of 바카라사이트 $113,331 paid to men, in a wage gap similar to that of 바카라사이트 wider US society, 바카라사이트 AAUP says.

Overall, those inflation-adjusted wages for full-time faculty are more than 2 per cent below 바카라사이트 average of 2008, during 바카라사이트 Great Recession, it says.

The percentage of full-time faculty members with tenure did increase 1 percentage point last year among institutions with a tenure system, from 52 per cent in autumn 2019 to 53 per cent in autumn 2020, ending years of decline, 바카라사이트 AAUP says.

But that percentage increase came despite?no net growth in tenured faculty, as thousands of o바카라사이트r instructors ¨C faculty in contingent positions or those awaiting tenure ¨C lost 바카라사이트ir jobs or quit, it says.

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