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Kent State trustees consider new contract with instructors

Tenure-track faculty could get 9 percent raises, benefits over three years

By Carol Biliczky
Beacon Journal staff writer

Many Kent State faculty might start the new school year with extra cash in their pockets.

University trustees today will consider a new contract that would give tenure-track faculty raises of at least 9 percent over three years plus domestic partner benefits.

KSU's tenure-track unit of the American Association of University Professors already approved the contract 373 to 19.

''The feedback from faculty is that they are generally very happy with this agreement,'' said Lee Fox, president of the AAUP's tenure-track unit and an associate professor of psychology at KSU's Stark Campus. ''Although some think that we should have gotten 4 or 5 percent a year because of inflation.''

The three-year contract also would offer one-time bonuses for success in reaching goals in research funding, retention of first-year students and external fundraising, the university's strategies to improving the bottom line.

Faculty would get a 3 percent raise retroactive to Aug. 24; would be eligible for a merit raise from a 3 percent merit pool in January; would get 3 percent in the second and third years of the contract; and would be eligible for a merit raise from a 1.5 percent pool in the third year.

In addition, minimum salaries would rise and faculty would get bigger raises when promoted.

 

Neither the university or the AAUP knows how many unmarried faculty have gay or heterosexual partners who would sign up for the long-sought medical, vision and dental benefits available under the new contract. KSU faculty have complained that their compensation lagged their colleagues of other state-supported universities in Ohio.

According to a February survey by Ohio State at 10 tax-supported universities that offer doctorates, the average, tenure- track KSU faculty member is in eighth place statewide with a nine-month salary of $67,650. Ohio State was first with $95,718 and Bowling Green last, with $62,541.


Carol Biliczky can be reached at 330-996-3729 or cbiliczky@thebeaconjournal.com.

 

Many Kent State faculty might start the new school year with extra cash in their pockets.

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