Fair Pay for Faculty at Colorado State University

Pay your employees fairly for the hard work they put in. Fort Collins is expensive and if you want the best instructors and not just the independently wealthy you must pay them a fair wage.

It's been long overdue. I hope that the administration keeps its word about equity and fairness for adjunct faculty.

Pay these teachers what they deserve!

CSU was an amazing experience and I loved living in Fort Collins. I did not, however, enjoy paying Fort Collins prices in order to attend school there. Despite having a job and only supporting myself (I can't imagine supporting a family) and living with 6 other girls (U+2 was ignored) rent was expensive as was parking, food, and other living expenses. We MUST pay our educators more if we want to continue to attract the best educators! I am a public school teacher now and I make more than the average CSU professor while living in a location that is cheaper than Fort Collins. This inequality in higher education must stop.

CSU has been talking about this for as long as I can remember. Time to actually do something

I had such a positive experience at CSU because of the professors. They deserve to be rewarded for everything that they do

Academic integrity relies upon respect for the expertise and opinions of national leaders in each discipline across the academy. CSU’s defiance of the national recommendations for compensation of instructors from associations like the MLA diminishes the legitimacy of our university, and implies a clear disrespect for the very values upon which our institution is based. If CSU wishes to reinforce the value of the very education that is central to its mission, and that of the degrees it bestows upon its graduates, then our administrators should begin by adequately compensating our first-line representatives. The reality that CSU undercompensates educators underscores the diminishing market value and accepted respect for its own product, and sends a clear message to prospective students that a degree earned at an institution of higher learning is not considered worthy of an appropriate investment, even by the institution itself. President McConnell should recognize the unique opportunity this irony affords her, and should capitalize on the national publicity that raising compensation in line with the guidelines of expert bodies like the MLA can provide to our university. Let the expert opinions of national leaders within their respective fields dictate CSUs compensation policies, as they rightly guide our pursuit of responsible scholarship. By so doing, President McConnell can immediately establish herself as an innovator and a leader who, first and foremost, respects the collective voice of academic experts.

CSU has lost too many good faculty --they have left for better paying opportunities. Please pay faculty what they need to live in this region and you'll be rewarded by keeping good talent in front of your classrooms.

As a graduate of CSU I am disappointed that really great teachers cannot afford to live in Fort Collins. The cost of tuition continues to be a premium, so I have to wonder where the money is going.

It was disingenuous at best when, at last fall's NTT "appreciation" event, Provost Dan Bush told us that "not all of you will get promoted next year." As things stand, after much (intentional) administrative foot-dragging, NO ONE will get promoted for another year. Also, the proposition that the "bonus" for promotion will eventually amount to a 10% salary raise is inherently unfair, as it disadvantages those who make a lower salary, thus widening the salary gap between NTTs and continuing to make the rich (in relative terms) get richer.

You should be paid a fair wage. Pretty simple, Mike Sibbald

In our department, all instructors have their PhDs, which should count for something. These faculty definitely should be paid at a higher level, so that they don't HAVE to teach extra courses or in the summer just to support their families. The stadium has taken priority for too long. It's our faculty that are the backbone of our learning institution.

Just read that the new president is receiving a base salary of $550,000.

Pay professors a livable wage. They are the lifeblood of a university & deserve a wage commensurate with the immense amount of work they do.

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Universities should pay people who are actually important: teachers, not sports coaches and admin

To live in the city we work in and better serve our students, we need a wage that supports our lives. Many of us work second jobs to supplement our pay. I know I do. This takes time and energy away from my students who spend tens of thousands of dollars to take our classes. Their tuition dollars should be focused on their education, which means paying their teachers.

Given how much we pay in tuition for things like unnecessary stadiums, our instructors should certainly be making enough to live well on in this region.

Our faculty at CSU, specifically at the Agricultural College, are doing groundbreaking research that will improve global food security. The least we can do is pay them appropriately

We should fund what we value. Educators play a fundamental role in teaching students to engage in constructive ways with the world around them. With talented and committed instructors we invest in our local and global communities for the short and long terms. CSU can keep and attract talent by taking this step to address the gap between wages and cost of living.