Nevada faculty urged to donate for lowest-paid workers
Source: rgj.com Posted By: pilot008 5390 days ago
The University of Nevada, Reno's faculty representative Thursday urged tenured faculty to voluntarily contribute 4.6 percent of their pay to the university foundation, an amount equal to the pay cut all state workers, including UNR classified employees, must take to offset the state budget shortfall.
During a campus town hall meeting, Elliott Parker, chairman of the Faculty Senate, said a number of tenured faculty told him they were concerned that UNR professional employees, including nontenured....