> destitution-level pay for most of the instructional staff
Faculty in the California State University system are planning to strike during the first week of the spring semester. Their goal: to get a 15% salary increase. Factoring in inflation and the increased cost of living near many campuses, it's not a hand up, or even treading water, it's sinking a little more slowly.
If they get what they want (and they should, compensation for non-administrators in the CSU is ridiculous), the money has to come from somewhere. It seems extremely unlikely that the CSU will be able to get the funding from the legislature in a year of budget deficits. Yes, they could (and should!) cut the number of administrators, but most actually serve useful functions, and the savings would not be that great. That leaves tuition increases. Maybe things would be different if the system were still funded by the state to the same degree they were decades ago, but those days are gone.
> destitution-level pay for most of the instructional staff
Faculty in the California State University system are planning to strike during the first week of the spring semester. Their goal: to get a 15% salary increase. Factoring in inflation and the increased cost of living near many campuses, it's not a hand up, or even treading water, it's sinking a little more slowly.
If they get what they want (and they should, compensation for non-administrators in the CSU is ridiculous), the money has to come from somewhere. It seems extremely unlikely that the CSU will be able to get the funding from the legislature in a year of budget deficits. Yes, they could (and should!) cut the number of administrators, but most actually serve useful functions, and the savings would not be that great. That leaves tuition increases. Maybe things would be different if the system were still funded by the state to the same degree they were decades ago, but those days are gone.