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C A L I F O R N I A S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y, L O S A N G E L E S
Issue 208.10
Ten Years at the Bott m
Angeline Bernabe
Staff Reporter Faculty members on campus are racing to find answers in the CSU system’s failure to provide salary raises. According to the California Faculty Association (CFA), evidence from the past ten years shows the California State University (CSU) system has failed to increase salaries of faculty members on all CSU campuses. In response to the lack of a salary increase on all CSU campuses, CSU faculty members have decided to unite and release a four-part series titled, “Race to the Bottom,” to show the magnitude of the situation. In the first paper of the series, released on March 3, 2015, CFA revealed how the CSU system is the only university system that has shown stagnant progress in terms of increased salary wages for faculty members. Compared to University of California (UC) campuses, which have consistently increased salary wages, CSUs have actually experienced a loss on all 23 campuses. Similarly, CSU faculty members earn less than many other occupations including car sale reps, K-12 teachers, and truck drivers. The top motive behind the problem is the CSU’s inability to keep up with the cost-of-living. For faculty members who have invested many years in higher education to obtain their teaching degrees, current salaries can’t support families, or fund housing and other costs that are often increasing in the state today. Most CSU faculty members are forced to take on multiple jobs to make ends meet, but it isn’t enough. In a media conference over the phone that happened last Tuesday, struggling to make ends meet on a CSU faculty salary with years worth of experience is a situation many faculty members know all too well. Cal State L.A. CFA Chapter President, Molly Talcott, shared in the conference,
Faculty members take action against stagnant salaries.
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Comparison between UC avg. salary wages and CSU avg. salary wages “I have not received anything like the kinds of increases needed in the several years I’ve now been serving at Cal State L.A… My friends in the UC system literally gasp in disbelief when they hear how much I am paid.” According to the first paper of the “Race to the Bottom” series, the average salary of CSU faculty is $45,000 per year. In 2013, the average salary of tenured/tenure track faculty members in UC universities was $130,031—nearly over 85,000 dollars more than what CSU faculty members earn. Moreover, faculty members are holding CSU administrators accountable for their failed attempt to recognize the need to increase salaries. Along with faculty members taking on multiple jobs to make ends meet, there is
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no denying the fact that CSU faculty members are doing as much as they can in terms of engaging their students in their coursework. In the new CSU campaign, “Class of 3 Million,” many students paid tribute to past professors who helped pave their paths to success. Although CSU administration appreciates the fact that faculty members help guide students, they’ve neglected to do anything about it. There is no word yet about a resolution to the problem. More information about CFA’s work about “Race to the Bottom” and the full document of the first part of the series can be found on www. calfac.org/race-to-the-bottom.
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