WSU Faculty Salary Report 2007

An ad hoc committee of the Faculty Senate at Washington State University was appointed in Spring 2007 by the Senate's Executive Committee to prepare a report on the status of faculty salaries.  The Faculty Salary Committee met over six months.  A report was submitted on October 2, 2007, with revisions on October 29.  Principal editors of the report were Gary Collins and Lisa Fournier.  Below, you will find the committee's charge, membership, and links to the final report and powerpoint presentation delivered to the Senate on November 8, 2007.   

Charge to the Committee
1.  Provide an accurate protrait of present salaries and update information in the previous report using the services of Institutional Research.
2.  Quantify the present status of faculty salaries, including salaries in upper ranks, and address issues of compression and inversion.
3.  Examine the salary situation of temporary and non-tenure-track faculty members.
4.  Based on the portrait, suggest potential solutions to identified problems.
 
Committee Members
Gary S. Collins (Co-Chair) 
Laila Miletic-Vejzovic (Co-Chair)
Jan Roger Busboom  
Terrence E. Cook  
Ken Duft   
Lisa Fournier  
Emmett Fiske  
Michael D. Pavel  
Elena Smith  

Documents Further developments (December 2008)

Taking the report into account, the Faculty Affairs Committee of the Senate  proposed a new salary allocation policy to the Senate that was approved by a vote of 30:22 on April 3, 2008.  Further information about the approved policy and its disposition can be found at  http://www.wsu.edu/~collins/facultysalaryreport/NewFacultySalaryPolicy.html. 

3 December 2008, Gary S. Collins (collins at wsu.edu).  Disclaimer:  all opinions expressed above are my own and do not necessarily represent those of any other person or organization.  Gary Collins's home page.