UFF-FAU

July 30, 2010. According to a recent study in Education Policy, there is a marked correlation between higher student retention and contact hours with full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty.

July 20, 2010. Communication between Florida House and Senate leaders suggests that more substantive session addressing BP oil disaster will not occur until at least September.

July 16, 2010. Chief USF-BOT negotiator says will hold faculty raises up if “administrative discretionary increases” to retain “star” faculty are disallowed, “UCF faculty members have such stable jobs that salary increases are less important for them than for employees in ‘business’”.

July 16, 2010. All public universities in Florida to see flat 8 percent tuition increase approved by BOG, in addition to 7 percent increase from each university BOT.

July 13, 2010. FAU President Mary Jane Saunders announces 3% salary increase for out-of-unit faculty and staff. Negotiations between UFF-FAU and Trustees’ bargaining teams continues.

July 12, 2010. Financial aid funding down across US, “Students and parents have fewer resources to pay for college during recession, and at the same time, tuition is going up.”

July 8,2010. “Students say financial problems and difficulty in school prompted them to look for a job instead of a college.”

July 5, 2010. Any decision on Bob Graham-led challenge to state legislature will likely be appealed.

July 2, 2010 (Updated July 5). Public services to face severe cutbacks throughout US.

June 30, 2010. Florida Consumer Attitude Survey finds that “confidence, and therefore retail sales, to be anemic through the summer and perhaps well into the fall.”