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Salary Continued from Page 1 said. Stan Liberty, interim vice chan cellor of academic affairs, said the salary differences among departments was based largely on supply and de mand. Faculty salaries, Liberty said, re flect the marketplace conditions of the real world. In some disciplines, the only mar ketplace for scholars with doctoral degrees is higher education, he said. “You’ll find in many areas at the university, particularly in the humani ties, and to the lesser extent some of the social science areas, the salary structure is fairly low. “When you start moving into dis ciplines where there is also a private sector marketplace, you’ll sec the salary structure runs higher.” This is the case in engineering, applied social sciences and business, he said, which have a higher demand for advanced degrees, pushing the average salaries up. Some department salaries can dif fer because of a change in demand for faculty in that department, he said. When a shortage is experienced in an area of study, starting salaries may increase, he said. For example, projections show that in a few years, the modem languages department will have a shortage of faculty members, Liberty said. With these shortages, starting sala ries may rise quickly and surpass salaries of those already employed for a number of years. “Then you have to set money aside for equity adjustments,” he said. Liberty said most of these projec tions must be taken “with a grain of salt” because as projections occur, students may enter the field and earn degrees before the shortage takes its toll. But faculty salaries do not just differ from department to department —professors in the same departments also may earn different salaries. In the English department, profes sor salaries vary from $28,0(X) to $89,(XX). Professors in the history depart ment make from $36,(XX) to $81,000. Two factors affect these variances, And they’re both repre sented by the insignia you wear as a member of the Army Nurse Corps. The caduceus on the left means you’re part of a health care system in which educational and career advancement are the rule, not the exception. The gold bar on the right means you command respect as an Army officer. If you re earn ing a BSN, write: Army Nurse Opportunities, RO. Box 3219, Warminster, PA 18974-9845. Or call toll free: 1-800-USA-ARMY, ext. 438. ARMY NURSE CORPS. BE ALL YOU CAN BE. Liberty said: the length of lime a professor has been at a university and performance-based differences. How long a professor has worked at a university is a clear factor in determining salaries, Liberty said. “You can have two professors in the same department,” he said. “If one has only been a professor for a year and the other has been a profes sor for 10 years, that clearly merits a difference.” _ Liberty said performance-based differences — awarding salary in creases on the basis of merit— was a second reason for different salaries. Faculty who deserve increased salaries have shown high scholarship through research, publications or excellence in the classroom, he said. “So outstanding performance is going to get a higher reward than average performances,” he said. George Tuck, Academic Senate president, said that most members of the faculty considered the UNL’s evaluation system for faculty salaries fair. Individual department chairmen and college deans decide pay increases based on faculty evaluations. The criteria used varies from department to department, he said. For example, extension agents have different crite ria for pay raises than the teaching faculty, he said. Liberty said merit-based pay in creases w'crc necessary. Without such rewards, he said, the university would not be able to retain some faculty. “If the University of Nebraska decides not to compensate people for their accomplishments and their stat ure in the field, we will not be able to hold them,” he said. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN ^ J OFFICE OF CAMPUS RECREATION^ It’s Time To Play! 1: 0 ACTIVITY: Indoor Wiffleball Tournament DIVISION(S): Men’s, Women's and Co-Rec SIGN-UP DEADLINE: Tuesday, February 25,1992 ENTER: At either Campus Recreation Office, 55 Campus Recreation Center or 32 East Campus Activities Building ACTIVITY: Racquetball Doubles DIVISION(S): Men’s, Women’s, and Co-Rec SIGN-UP DEADLINE: Tuesday, February 25,1992 ENTER: At either Campus Recreation Office, 55 CRec or 32 ECAB ACTIVITY: 9-Ball Pool DIVISION(S): Open SIGN UP DEADLINE: Tuesday, February 25,1992 ENTER: At either Campus Recreation Office, 55 CRec or 32 ECAB ACTIVITY: Table Tennis Doubles DIVISION(S): Men's, Women's and Co-Rec SIGN-UP DEADLINE: Tuesday, February 25, 1992 ENTER: At either Campus Recreation Office, 55 CRec or 32 ECAB ACTIVITY: Slow Pitch Softball DIVISION(S): Co-Rec SIGN-UP DEADLINE: Tuesday, March 10, 1992 ENTER: At either Campus Recreation Office, 55 CRec or 32 ECAB ACTIVITY: Intramural T-Shirt Design Contest DIVISION(S): Open ENTRY DEADLINE: Tuesday, March 10,1992 DESIGNS: Design specifications are available at both CRec Offices. The winning design will appear on the 1992-93 Intramural Champion T-Shirt, designer will receive $50. Visit your Intramural or Recreational Sports Department and sign up today! General Motors is proud to be associated with your campus intramural recreational sports and activities. CHEVROLET ■ PONTIAC ■ 0LD8M0BILE BUICK-CADILLAC-OMC TRUCK .IgiiLOa! II -1 ' . i ~ "v General Motors, sharing your future ^ ADA Continued from Page 1 will be issued after eligibility is rede termined. Notices regarding the new eligibility are being sent to 2,200 people. Cindy Leeds, the League of Hu man Dignity’s transportation coordi nator, said Lincoln’s public transpor tation system had two shuttle buses and six city buses equipped with wheel chair lifts. All buses on regular routes eventually will have lifts, she said. “Until they hear from us, I encour age everyone not to worry about it,” she said. “StarTran has been very sensitive throughout this operation. Plans will be reviewed every year for changes and problems.” And if riding regular city buses poses a problem, she said, the Handi Van still will be accessible for dis abled students. Horn said her office served 400 students with disabilities — 50 stu dents used wheelchairs or had other mobility problems that could require the use of crutches. After reading StarTran’s “Guide lines for Use of Accessible Service,” Horn said she was concerned that some students in wheelchairs would have problems boarding buses on their own. StarTran’s guidelines state, “Pas sengers desiring this service must be capable of boarding the lift them selves, or have an escort at least 16 years of age to assist.” Leeds said students should not worry — StarTran drivers were expected to assist passengers using the lift. Although drivers help passengers use the lift, Horn said, getting to bus stops may be difficult for some dis abled students. ror example, one stuuent Keeps her cart at Horn’s office and uses a manual wheelchair to travel from her home to the Handi-Van. More physi cal exertion is required to maneuver a manual wheelchair, Horn said, and this student w as concerned about how' she would travel to and from the bus stop. Weather also may pose problems for disabled students wailing at bus stops, particularly those who use wheelchairs, Horn said. Showers, freezing rain and snow- hamper a wheel chair’s mobility. Another glitch in the guidelines, Horn said, is that SlarTran’s “acces sible buses arc equipped to accom modate two wheelchair tie-down positions. Seating capacity is on a first-come, first-serve basis, and Slar Tran docs not guarantee seating availa bility on any of the trips it operates.” However, Leeds said, if no seals arc available, the driver would radio the Handi-Van to pick up the student. The worst-ease scenario would be that the student would have to wail outside for a few/ minutes, she said. Although the new law raises many questions, steps arc being taken by the City of Lincoln and UNL to abide by the ADA. UNL’s Affirmative Aclion/Equal Opportunity Office has formed an ADA Task force to rectify areas that have created problems for disabled students and staff. The task force may install buzzers on the exterior doors of Oldlalhcr, Avery and Bancroft halls, Horn said. More interpreters also will be provided for hearing- impaired stu dents, she said, and the Telecommu nications Center may become a relay station for the hearing-impaired. muHncr major pruuicm, noni \nu, arc curb cuts. Most cuts arc danger ous because they arc narrower than wheelchairs and often loo steep. The city must widen and change the slope on many curb cuts, she said, and in some eases, move the cuts to another curb area. Horn said Lincoln Mayor Mike Johanns indicated action would be taken to repair curb cuts on campus.