Not exact matches
«An excise tax on the endowments of some private colleges and universities, regardless of how many or how few institutions it affects, is a remarkably bad idea that takes money that would otherwise be used for student aid, research, and
faculty salaries and sends it to the Department of the Treasury to finance corporate tax
cuts,» said Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, a higher education trade group.
Guthrie figures he would have had to
cut research funds for
faculty, summer
salaries for junior
faculty, and other expenses.
There's also «discussion» of «the possibility of a 10 % across - the - board
salary cut for everybody, including
faculty,» if further large budget
cuts are necessary.
• In News & Analysis, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee wrote about troubles at the Lick Observatory near San Jose, and other California observatory facilities, after a decision by the University of California's (UC's) Office of the President to
cut off funding for the
salaries of 11
faculty and staff members at the University of California Observatories system who are perceived by some to enjoy privileged status, with a lighter teaching load than other UC scientists and an 11 - month contract instead of the 9 - month contracts of other UC
faculty.
As reported on 6 August by Inside Higher Ed, tenure - track
faculty members at the university voted to postpone a 1.5 % increase in their own
salaries to preserve the jobs of 29 adjunct
faculty members, whose positions the university administration had decided to sacrifice in a budget
cut.
Budgetary shortfalls, school district bankruptcies, teacher and administrator layoffs, hiring and
salary freezes, pension system defaults, shorter school years, ever - larger classes,
faculty furloughs, fewer course electives, reduced field trips, foregone or curtailed athletics, outdated textbooks, teachers having to make do with fewer supplies,
cuts in school maintenance, and other tales of fiscal woe inevitably captivate the news media, particularly during the late - spring and summer budget and appropriations seasons.
He wants to
cut administrative bloat and plow the money into the classroom, raising teacher
salaries while giving the
faculty more responsibility over instructional materials, peer review, and other matters.
The less renowned
faculty members will become increasingly expendable, or at least will have to suffer demotions or
salary and budget
cuts.