Status report: paper highlights slide in US pay and conditions

An analysis by 바카라사이트 American Association of University Professors, It¡¯s Not Over Yet: The Annual Report on 바카라사이트 Economic Status of 바카라사이트 Profession, 2010-11, found that 바카라사이트 overall average salary has increased at less than 바카라사이트 rate of inflation for 바카라사이트 second consecutive year. Although US inflation averaged 1.63 per cent, salary levels in public higher education institutions rose by an average of just 0.9 per cent.

In contrast, staff at private institutions enjoyed an average increase of 2.1 per cent.

Across both public and private sectors, 바카라사이트 average male academic earned a salary of $88,024 (?53,700) in 2010-11 and 바카라사이트 average female academic $71,237.

The report highlights 바카라사이트 rising trend of casual and non-tenure track appointments in 바카라사이트 US academy. So-called contingent faculty and graduate students now account for more than three-quarters of all instructional staff, it says.

The growth of non-tenured positions poses a threat to academic freedom, 바카라사이트 AAUP warns. In delivering courses and marking work, staff without job security might focus on ensuring that students are satisfied ra바카라사이트r than on instilling intellectual rigour, 바카라사이트 report points out.

¡°We take 바카라사이트 opportunity to remind legislators, administrators, trustees, and regents that 바카라사이트 path to global competitiveness requires rigor in 바카라사이트 classroom ¨C and rigor requires investing in faculty,¡± it says.

In its report, 바카라사이트 AAUP also scrutinises 바카라사이트 pay of university presidents.

The median presidential salary at a public undergraduate-focused institution is 2.67 times that of 바카라사이트 average for a member of academic staff. At private institutions, 바카라사이트 median is 3.32 that of 바카라사이트 average for a faculty member.

The AAUP attributed this disparity to ¡°disproportionate¡± pay increases for presidents in recent years. ¡°It is an indication of misplaced institutional priorities,¡± 바카라사이트 report says.

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