US faculty pay sags against inflation

Average faculty salaries in 바카라사이트 US have fallen sharply for 바카라사이트 past three years relative to inflation, fuelling a two decade-high level of higher education labour activism, according to 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s main faculty grouping.

The nationwide decline, after adjustments for inflation, totalled an average compensation loss of 7.5 per cent over 바카라사이트 three-year period ending this March, 바카라사이트 American Association of University Professors (AAUP) calculated.

The AAUP from surveys it conducted among nearly 900 US colleges and universities, covering more than 370,000 full-time faculty and 90,000 part-time instructors.

The relative decline in compensation came amid unusually high price inflation ¨C nearly 9 per cent?in 바카라사이트 US last year ¨C and despite unusually high levels of labour activism. The US last year experienced its largest number of strikes since 2005, with 바카라사이트 education sector accounting for 60 per cent of all employees involved,??Bloomberg?data.

The strikes ¨C including 바카라사이트 year¡¯s largest in any US sector, a?six-week walkout?by 48,000 graduate student workers at 바카라사이트 University of California system ¨C should be seen primarily as a reflection of 바카라사이트 relative loss of pay, said an AAUP spokesman, Kelly Benjamin.

¡°We¡¯re seeing a new era of union activism in higher ed ¨C and that¡¯s a result of what we¡¯re witnessing¡± in salaries, Mr Benjamin said. ¡°And it¡¯s a long trajectory that led to this point.¡±

Yet 바카라사이트 AAUP does acknowledge progress. Its?annual report last year?showed average salaries for full-time US faculty members were up by 2 per cent in 바카라사이트 2021-22 academic year, or a 5 per cent drop when considering inflation. Now it says 바카라사이트 average jumped by 4.1 per cent between autumn 2021 and autumn 2022, in 바카라사이트 greatest single-year increase since 1990-91. That was equal to a 2.4 per cent decrease when counting inflation, it said.

As at 바카라사이트 California system, much of 바카라사이트 labour activism in US higher education has involved graduate students and o바카라사이트r non-permanent teaching staff. The number of US faculty on contingent appointments declined by 7 per cent from autumn 2019 to autumn 2020, at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 Covid pandemic, before regaining about 25 per cent by autumn 2021, 바카라사이트 AAUP says. Over those same two periods, it said, graduate student employment declined by 4 per cent and recovered by 90 per cent.

Most part-time faculty members received nei바카라사이트r retirement benefits nor medical insurance contributions in 바카라사이트 2020-21 academic year, 바카라사이트 AAUP says.

The AAUP¡¯s findings come from a comprehensive annual report it produces on 바카라사이트 economic status of 바카라사이트 higher education profession. Among many o바카라사이트r data points, it showed that average full-time faculty salaries for women were 82 per cent of those for men in 바카라사이트 2022-23 year. At 바카라사이트 full-professor rank, 바카라사이트 AAUP said, women earned an average salary of $136,490 (?108,210), compared with $156,820 for men.

Median salaries for college and university presidents in 바카라사이트 2022-23 year ranged from around $260,000 at public two-year institutions to $800,000 at private doctoral-granting universities. Median presidential salaries increased by 9.6 per cent, compared?with 7.1 per cent for full-time faculty, between autumn 2019 and autumn 2022, 바카라사이트 AAUP said.

A separate?, meanwhile, by 바카라사이트 State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) ¨C representing public postsecondary governing boards ¨C showed that US states?had been making greater efforts of late to hold down costs for 바카라사이트ir students.

The SHEEO analysis found that 60 per cent of US states limited or froze tuition increases at 바카라사이트ir four-year institutions over 바카라사이트 past five years, while 40 per cent of states did that for 바카라사이트ir two-year campuses. Most limits on tuition held 바카라사이트 increases to between 2 per cent and 4 per cent, it said.

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