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VOLUME 4 , ISSUE 3 • NOVEMBER 19, 2002 • www . ultravires . ca
Daniels' salary scheme raises ire of professors Salary increases may be based on professors' ability to attract U.S. interest BY BEN PERRIN Ultra \'ires has learned that Dt:an Ron Daniels is pushing ahead a nC\\ regune for allocating the S1.7 million "Faculn· Recruitment, Retention, and Rcwar~l ImoatJ\'C hmd" to be created from increast'S in student tuition. ~\t a faculty-only meeting on Oct. 1, the future of the fund \\~IS described b} Damcls. :rhc Current criteria for awarilin·~ salary tncrea~es arc based on the "progress through the ranks" or lTR system. Performance m any b>ivcn year is judged based on three \\eightcd factors: tt-aching (40%), research {40%), and adminiso-arion (20'%). Faculty have been told that Daniels \\ill not be u~mg the TIR ment-based ~ystem for salary adjustments under the $1.7 million fund. Despite the meeting, however, facult} members arc unclear on how the funds will be nllocated and b} whom. "lt is fair to sav it i~ not enrirclv clear hO\\ it is to be ailocatcd," s:ud Pr~fcssor udrc} lacklin o n't h, \ c the firmest of g • p o n tht;
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Daniels is in Asia and unava ilable for comment. ,\cting Dt·an Tony Duggan confirmed the new criteria for allocating salary mc rca~cs has been tasked to the Course Assignments Committee. He would not respond to any further qucsoons on the matter. The committee is considered to be the most powerful in the faculty. Each faculty member would likely have to apply to the committee for so-called "anomalr increases" based on the new criteria. "The dean has various methods for figuring out what recommendations to make on salary i ncrcases," said Langille. Some professors have stated they understand the best way to receive salary gains from the fund is to secure offers from American law schools. Others claim it is quickly beco!f!ing the only way. To receive such offers involves extensive writing in American law journals and being active in areas of interest to these schools. Concerns have been raised thar such a scheme would lead to the ~\mencanisarion of the law school and reduce emphasis on tt':lching m favour of rest-arch. \Varnmg of this possibilit) coming to reality ·was raised last year in the national meilia.
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Mooters Girls Megan Stewart (II) (left) and Tara Cochra ne (II) (right) flank Paperbag Princess Emily Mak (II) at the annual SLS H allowe'en Par ty held O ct. 31 in the Solarium. For m ore pictures, see p age 9. Photo ro11rttg o/ J'alntan HtkJ.
Faculty cannot guarantee accessibility, says consultant Law school may not be able to address financial needs of some students BY JOANNA FINE fhe l'inancial \td Committee of the Faculty CouncLI Student Caucus rnet with Stephen Brown on '\lov. 11. Brown has been newly appointed b) Dean Ron Dantels ro consult and provide advice on the law school's financial aid system. He has experience \\1th the financial aid programs at several l S. umvcrsioes, and is currently the director of tht financial aid program at Fordham I.a\\ School in ~t'V.' York. In response to the plethora of student concerns, Brown indicated that the Ia\\ school mav not be able to address the finan· ctal needs ~f some studems, who will there· fore be unable to attend. The posstbiliry that a student who qualifies for admission \\ill be prevented from acccptmg the offer because
of financial constderations runs counter to U of T's policy on student financial aid and elicited concern from many students on the comrrurrec. Concern was voiced that financial con· siderarions would prevent qualified students from com mg to the law school and that this burden would fall disproportionately on cer· tain dtsadvanraged groups. Students were also concerned about the treatment of mid dle-class studt..:nts who arc not rich enough to afford hight'l' tuition fees, but nor p<x>r enough ro qualif} for financtal rud. Student Caucus member ~haun l~1ubman says ''it's too t'llrly to tell" how sympathetic Brown is w ~tudcnts' concerns. But lM'lubman stressed that all of the student concerns arc open to discussion and debate, and that then: is a genuine commitment
from the Financtal ,\ id commmce. "It 1s a matter of finding out what is possible \\<;thin the financial aid budget. the U of T, and Scotiabank." Two separate documents were submitted to the Financial \id Committee and Brown
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ACCESSIBILITY STUDY, P3 COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD, P5 LUST FOR THE LAW, Pl0-11 EXAM INSIGHT, P15 UV REVIEWS, P19
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