The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday approved salary increases for full-time faculty members at the state’s three public colleges, The Omaha World-Herald reported. In its decision, the court upheld a ruling by Nebraska’s Commission of Industrial Relations, a state agency that oversees labor disputes involving public-sector employees, to raise faculty salaries by 7 percent for the 2009-10 year and by 4 percent for the coming year. The increases are the same for all full-time instructors, regardless of faculty rank. Last year’s salary increases will be paid retroactively. The commission approved the salary increases, which were proposed by the faculty members’ union, based on comparisons with other institutions’ salaries.
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Yes, but they live in Nebraska
…which is one of the best States in the U.S. in which to live.
So gilxx, what do you really know about Nebraska? What exactly is your experience there? I applaud this initiative, which would never happen in the “Cracker Nation,” Deep-South state in which I now live and teach. I did, however, live, teach, and study at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for seven years. I remember it as a place of great professional camaraderie, excellent public schools, good public services, surprisingly good Mexican food, six months of lousy weather, and people you can really count on.Now, tell us what kind of raises you and yours are getting this year. Newamsterdam and I are dying to know.
So what are you implying, gilxx? Obviously, you know nothing about Nebraska, other than what your big city friends have erroneously told you.
Having lived more than half my life in Massachusetts, I still remember, and have gone to reunions with, my grade school friends in Nebraska. I also have found outstanding treasures in the UNL Special Collections, including a memo by U of Nebraska Law School Dean Roscoe Pound that I sent to Elena Kagan when she first became his Nth successor at Harvard Law School.Deep roots make for diverse and productive prairies.
Note that only colleges/unis with unions are actually getting raises. Those of us at the flagship institution, UNL, are not.
Nebraska? Gilxx is right! Nebraska is a horrid place. Now Oklahoma, there is a great place! Go Sooners!Just having some fun. I am glad the system worked out for the faculty there.