Vol. 128, No. 123 Monday, April 22, 2019

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Vol. 128, No. 123 Monday, April 22, 2019

OPINION

SPORTS

ARTS & CULTURE

The opinion desk weighs in on CSUnity

Track and field sets more records over the weekend

The Doughnut Club came from Shark Tank to Fort Collins

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A petition for the fair pay of non-tenure track faculty at Colorado State University has been launched. The petition demands that CSU implement guaranteed minimum salaries of at least $52,000 per year for all full-time faculty working at CSU, $60,000 per year for full-time Assistant Professors and Senior Instructors and $66,000 per year for full-time faculty promoted to Associate Professors and Master Instructors. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY COLIN SHEPHERD COLLEGIAN

‘Something has to give’ CSU faculty petition University for living wages By Samantha Ye @samxye4

Students aren’t the only people bearing financial woes at the University. A petition launched last Monday titled “Fair Pay for Faculty at Colorado State University” highlights the struggle non-tenure track

faculty have in obtaining a livable base salary. “Non-tenure track faculty are paid 30% below the cost of living in Fort Collins and can be subject to variable teaching schedules that lower pay even further,” a flyer about the petition reads. “There are examples of NTTF, some of whom have been working here for

decades, living under difficult and even dangerous conditions across CSU campus.” The petition demands that CSU implement guaranteed minimum salaries for non-tenure-track faculty next fall, starting with at least $52,000 per year for all full-time faculty working at CSU. The flyer states this can be done without rais-

ing tuition rates. Launched last Monday, the petition has collected over 800 signatures in six days. The goal is for 1,000 signatures by May 3. Online comments indicate a wide range of supporters from past and present CSU faculty to alumni and current students, as well as general community members.

“This school would be nothing without the instructors and professors that make waking up every morning easy,” one petition comment read. “I know my tuition alone could raise the salary of one instructor, imagine what a school of 30,000 could do. Support those who support us.”

see PETITION on page 4 >>


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