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[aristof_ns]

My department chair informed me the other day that all the full-time lines are safe for next year, and we might even be able to hire some of the part-timers as well. He's also hoping that the stimulus money will keep us in the clear for the next few years....

[peppergal]

Right now it looks like my position has gone up in smoke.  But I still have one application out for a job elsewhere (advertised last minute), so keep your fingers crossed!

[curly]

Much has already been said, but I thought this little oddity was worth posting.

A place where I teach adjunct is taking 1% of my salary back due the current economic conditions.  This goes back to Fall '08.  The classes I taught were full each time and I performed the duties as agreed.  They want me to teach another two classes in the fall at the reduced salary and collect the 1% over this time.

Fortunately the "confiscation" is due to take place over the length of the fall semester so I just refused to teach and don't really need that job anyway.  However, I feel like this is truly unfair and a violation of contract.

I won't do anything about it since their only option to extract that cash is for me to keep teaching or sue me, but for some of my colleagues who need the job, this is really an abuse of power.

I understand the reasoning in that the State has reduced funding to the school but rather than extract cash from the faculty, maybe tuition should increase to more than $30 per credit hour?  I don't have the best answer but surely it is not retroactively instituting a pay cut and alienating the faculty.

[watermarkup]

That's horrible. Which school is it?

[alleyoxenfree]

Maybe you should change all the grades you assigned to incompletes, saying you are no longer sure about them, and ask for a "second opinion," someone to retroactively re-evaluate all the papers and tests from last semester.  Or make sure department meetings are 1% shorter?  It seems like there might be a few ways to at least symbolically protest.  What's next - hey, everybody, return last semester's paychecks!  we were just kidding about your having jobs then!