tuesday, november 18, 1980
daily nebraskan
page 3
Official says salary report shows pay discrepancy
By Betsy Miller
When UNL faculty members say they arc underpaid,
they arc not basing their claim on hearsay, they have fig
ures to prove it.
This year's report of the Faculty Salary Study Com
mittee was instrumental in revealing that UNL faculty
members arc not paid as much as their peers at other
schools, according to fczekia! Bahar, UNL Faculty Senate
president.
"Our figures are something we don't pull out of thin
air," he said.
The report, given to the Senate on May 12, was pro
duced by a faculty study committee of eight members
chaired by Gerald Boardman, a professor of educational
administration.
A large port kin of the study used data compiled by
the UNL Office of Institutional Research and Planning.
The data compares the average faculty salaries at UNL
to those of universities which arc large-grant members
of the Association of American Universities.
UNL member of AAU
UNL is also a land-grant member of the AAU, accord
ing to Harry Allen, director of the Office of Institutional
Research and Planning.
One of the report's main figures was that UNL salaries
were 10.4- percent lower than salaries at other AAU uni
versities in I979-K0.
Bahar said the results of the study were very important
in determining how much of a salary increase was request
ed by the administration ffrom the NU Board of Regents
in the proposed budget.
The report's findings, showing a lag in UNL salaries,
made a strong impression on the administration, Bahar
said.
Three budgets were requested by the regents in August
and in each one, the call for a 12 percent increase in sal
aries stayed the same, according to Bahar.
"They (administration) had to make a very strong com
mittment," he said.
Parts to increase
The 12 percent increase, which is in the budget to be
approved by the Legislature this year, includes a 10.5
percent for salary increases, 1 percent for university con
tributions to the faculty retirement plan, and 0.5 percent
for fringe benefits, Bahar said.
The salary study committee report is the only docu
mented source of evidence used by the faculty when they
try to portray salary deficiencies, Bahar said.
The figures from the AAU land-grant schools have been
used in the salary study report since the spring of 1974,
Allen said.
Schools used in this comparison are the University of
Illinois, Iowa State, Michigan State, University of Minne
sota, University of Wisconsin, University of Missouri,
Ohio State and Penn State.
Allen said a comparison between Big Light schools is
not used because not all the universities are as similar to
Nebraska as the ones in the AAU land-grant study.
Members of the faculty Salary Study Committee are
chosen every year and it is organized by the UNL chanc
ellor, Bahar said.
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