Olympic College Association for Higher Education Washington Education

Olympic College Association for Higher Education Washington Education Association Legislative Forum November 1, 2007 Campus Equity Week 1

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OC’s adjunct faculty “Annualized” salary = $24, 943 3

OC’s adjunct faculty “Annualized” salary = $24, 943 (if adjuncts could work fulltime) 4

But “Actual” salary = $17, 657 5

From Olympic College all-faculty AHE meeting of December 2, 2005: 1969 - Ph. D at the maximum step (Column 8) = $77, 874 § 2005 - Ph. D at the maximum step (Column 8) = $52, 432 § 6

Adjuncts are one-third the cost of full-time faculty: 7

Adjuncts are one-third the cost of full-time faculty: • 50% of pay rate 8

Adjuncts are one-third the cost of full-time faculty: • 50% of pay rate • Minimal capital and operational costs 9

Adjuncts are one-third the cost of full-time faculty: • 50% of pay rate • Minimal capital and operational costs • For most, no health care or retirement 10

Adjuncts are one-third the cost of full-time faculty: • • 50% of pay rate Minimal capital and operational costs For most, no health care or retirement Flexibility—can be laid off any time 11

Adjuncts are one-third the cost of full-time faculty: • • 50% of pay rate Minimal capital and operational costs For most, no health care or retirement Flexibility—can be laid off any time (unlike tenured faculty) 12

One Solution: Same Salary Schedule (as in British Columbia). 13

Adjuncts aren’t “contracted” to perform: • Student advising • Office hours • Curriculum development • Committees/meetings • Administrative duties • Professional development • Non-teaching days 14

Is 76% equity? 15

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If it walks like a duck… 18

• Same tuition • Same grades • Same credits 19

House Bill 1875 (FACE) 20

House Bill 1875 (FACE) • Increase number of full-time faculty positions § 1 (2) (a). 21

House Bill 1875 (FACE) 1. Increase number of full-time faculty positions. § 1 (2) (a) 2. Improve salaries: 22

House Bill 1875 (FACE) 1. Increase number of full-time faculty positions. § 1 (2) (a) 2. Improve salaries: 1. Full-time: 16 th percentile of “global challenged” states by 2013 § 1 (2) (b) 23

House Bill 1875 (FACE) 1. Increase number of full-time faculty positions. § 1 (2) (a) 2. Improve salaries: a. Full-time: 16 th percentile of “global challenged” states by 2013 § 1 (2) (b) b. Part-time: subject to collective bargaining, “each institution … should determine a salary standard for adjunct faculty members [that] constitutes a pro rata salary compared to the salaries of full-time tenured faculty … doing comparable work. ” § 1 (2) (b) 24

House Bill 1875 (FACE) – Continued. 3. Subject to collective bargaining, each institution shall create a plan to fill “new full-time tenuretrack appointments by creating opportunities for adjunct faculty” and “not by eliminating positions … ” § 1 (4) (a) 25

House Bill 1875 (FACE) 3. Subject to collective bargaining, each institution shall create a plan to fill “new full-time tenure-track appointments by creating opportunities for adjunct faculty” and “not by eliminating positions … ” § 1 (4) (a) 4. Probationary period for adjuncts (also subject to collective bargaining); once completed, “right of first refusal for eligible classes or continuing contract with due process rights. ” § 1 (7) (a) 26

FACE Legislation (HB 1875) will succeed if implemented with a spirit of equity. 27

Recognizing all faculty have equal value. 28