The AAUP has conducted surveys for its Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession and is now publishing some results on their Academe Blog. Their first post based on the report examines the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on faculty salaries and benefits for both tenure-line and non-tenure-track faculty.
“Key findings include:
- 55 percent of institutions implemented salary freezes or reductions.
- 28 percent of institutions eliminated or reduced some form of fringe benefits.
- Almost 5 percent of institutions terminated the appointments of at least some full-time tenure-line faculty members.
- Almost 20 percent terminated the appointments of or denied contract renewal to at least some full-time non-tenure-track faculty members.”
AAUP plans future Academe Blog posts based on the annual report over the next two weeks, on topics such as contingency, administrative bloat, and institutional debt.