2007-2008 Higher Education
Faculty Legislative Issues
1. Increase legislative funding to the national average in order to improve student access and retention, - compensate for inflation that annually affects each institution,
- fund appropriate merit increases for full-time faculty,
- provide for new full-time and tenured faculty positions,
- fund raises for adjunct faculty salaries
3. Allow Higher Education Employees the right to serve in the legislature.
4. Amend State Code to eliminate the cap on tuition waivers as a recruitment and retention strategy for faculty and staff:
- Amend 18B-10-6A so that the removal of tuition waiver limitation that WVU and Marshall currently enjoy can be extended to any institution whose BOG chooses to broaden the scope of waivers;
- Repeal 18B-10-5 and 18B-10-6, which mandate the 5% waiver restriction for undergraduate and graduate institutions respectively.