October 25, 2009
Why Faculties Shouldn't 'Give Back' During Negotiations
Administrators at some higher-education institutions have recently been using the troubled economy to justify salary freezes and furloughs of faculty members as well as to demand other similar "givebacks" during faculty-union negotiations. But are such moves valid? The clear answer is no. We need administrations to start focusing on the core mission of our colleges and universities: educating our students.
For the United States to overcome and bounce back from today's recession,
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