The administration confirmed they are adopting the new salary floors across all colleges starting this semester. This win belongs to every one of you who signed and pushed for fair wages. Keep your eyes on your pay stubs to ensure these adjustments are applied correctly.
May 30, 2019
Final supporters
IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT the base salary for Non-Tenure Track Faculty at Colorado State University is 30% below the median household income in Fort Collins;
AND THAT in February 2019 the University of Colorado, Boulder raised the minimum instructor salary to $52,000 for Instructors and $60,000 for Senior Instructors;
AND THAT the Modern Language Association has recommended a minimum base salary of $10,900 per 3 credit course;
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED demand that Colorado State University implement a guaranteed minimum salary of at least $52,000 per year for all full-time faculty working at CSU, a minimum salary of $60,000 per year for full-time Assistant Professor/Senior Instructor, and a minimum salary of $66,000 per year for full-time faculty promoted to Associate Professor/Master Instructor. We demand that this be implemented within all colleges at CSU, beginning in fall semester, 2019.
Salaries across the entire CSU system should be increased to match their regional cost of living.
Updates
April 28, 2019
We just hit 1,000 signatures. Post this link on your Facebook page and text three friends to keep this momentum moving.
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 25, 2019
April 24, 2019
The administration remains silent despite our growing momentum. Post this link on your social media accounts today to ensure they cannot ignore our demand for livable wages.
Reached 100 supporters
April 15, 2019
264 Comments
Perhaps if we had less administrators, less assistant vice presidents, assistants TO vice presidents, and assistants to the assistants to the vice presidents, we could afford to pay the people who actually teach our students a living wage.
I have taught as adjunct faculty and then as a senior teaching appointment at CSU for almost 20 years and there is no way I could support myself, let alone a family on what I make. Yet, I teach more upper division classes than anyone else in my Department.
The severe underpayment of NTT faculty devalues the work of ALL employees at CSU. It creates division between groups, it cheapens the value of higher education, it places an undue burden on the very instructors who have the most direct contact with students, and it denies dignity.
I was a Spanish adjunct for 8 years and this was a critical issue. Adjuncts teach the majority of the classes at CSU and deserve to be paid a salary that respects their level of education and commitment to the university.
We have waited long enough for salary equity. In the meantime, the cost of living in Northern Colorado has continued to rise. Our students deserve to know that their always-increasing tuition funds instruction directly and equitably. We cannot say that is true today.
Of course Professors deserve a living wage!
Fairness to all faculty is important, as is the quality of teaching at CSU.
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The administration confirmed they are adopting the new salary floors across all colleges starting this semester. This win belongs to every one of you who signed and pushed for fair wages. Keep your eyes on your pay stubs to ensure these adjustments are applied correctly.
May 30, 2019
Final supporters
IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT the base salary for Non-Tenure Track Faculty at Colorado State University is 30% below the median household income in Fort Collins;
AND THAT in February 2019 the University of Colorado, Boulder raised the minimum instructor salary to $52,000 for Instructors and $60,000 for Senior Instructors;
AND THAT the Modern Language Association has recommended a minimum base salary of $10,900 per 3 credit course;
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED demand that Colorado State University implement a guaranteed minimum salary of at least $52,000 per year for all full-time faculty working at CSU, a minimum salary of $60,000 per year for full-time Assistant Professor/Senior Instructor, and a minimum salary of $66,000 per year for full-time faculty promoted to Associate Professor/Master Instructor. We demand that this be implemented within all colleges at CSU, beginning in fall semester, 2019.
Salaries across the entire CSU system should be increased to match their regional cost of living.
Updates
April 28, 2019
We just hit 1,000 signatures. Post this link on your Facebook page and text three friends to keep this momentum moving.
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 25, 2019
April 24, 2019
The administration remains silent despite our growing momentum. Post this link on your social media accounts today to ensure they cannot ignore our demand for livable wages.
Reached 100 supporters
April 15, 2019
264 Comments
Some of the best professors that I’ve had have been non-tenure track. I pay an exorbitant amount of money in tuition costs; the least you could do is ensure that the people who are teaching me can afford a place to live.
Perhaps if we had less administrators, less assistant vice presidents, assistants TO vice presidents, and assistants to the assistants to the vice presidents, we could afford to pay the people who actually teach our students a living wage.
I have taught as adjunct faculty and then as a senior teaching appointment at CSU for almost 20 years and there is no way I could support myself, let alone a family on what I make. Yet, I teach more upper division classes than anyone else in my Department.
The severe underpayment of NTT faculty devalues the work of ALL employees at CSU. It creates division between groups, it cheapens the value of higher education, it places an undue burden on the very instructors who have the most direct contact with students, and it denies dignity.
I was a Spanish adjunct for 8 years and this was a critical issue. Adjuncts teach the majority of the classes at CSU and deserve to be paid a salary that respects their level of education and commitment to the university.
We have waited long enough for salary equity. In the meantime, the cost of living in Northern Colorado has continued to rise. Our students deserve to know that their always-increasing tuition funds instruction directly and equitably. We cannot say that is true today.
Of course Professors deserve a living wage!
Fairness to all faculty is important, as is the quality of teaching at CSU.
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Some of the best professors that I’ve had have been non-tenure track. I pay an exorbitant amount of money in tuition costs; the least you could do is ensure that the people who are teaching me can afford a place to live.