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Are any universities or colleges implementing mid-year cost-of-living increases in light of inflation?

Brian Leiter

We discussed awhile back the issue of inflation's effect on graduate student stipends, but I've had similar inquiries more recently from faculty colleagues elsewhere, and I know there are faculty here who share this concern.   The compound effect of salary freezes due to Covid and now rates of inflation that far outstrip ordinary raises has made this issue salient for many.  So readers:  are any universities doing anything (e.g., mid-year increases) for faculty salaries or graduate student stipends in light of the continuing high rate of inflation?

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7 responses to “Are any universities or colleges implementing mid-year cost-of-living increases in light of inflation?”

  1. Robin

    Adjunct at a small public school in GA here: I havn't gotten a raise in the entire ten years I've been teaching here. I'm still paid the same per class rate as I was my first course in 2011. An 8% raise sounds awesome.

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  2. Loser

    Since I have been at my regional state university in the US, we have received an annual raise at around half of the rate of inflation (i.e., a pay cut in real dollars).

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  3. Elizabeth

    In Ontario they are doing the opposite. Our salary increases are limited to 1% by law.

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  4. Joe

    Very small private Catholic liberal arts college: we got two supplementary checks during late 2021 and early 2022 as inflation got going in earnest. Salary basis went up about 8% for 2022-23. Not sure whether they are currently contemplating anything like last year's supplements.

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  5. Bitten by California Rent

    The specter of graduate student employee strike is looming on California campuses.

    https://dailynexus.com/2022-10-13/uaw-2865-union-to-hold-strike-authorization-vote-as-negotiations-with-the-uc-yield-little-progress/

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  6. Jeff

    Small liberal arts college, top 50 US News, ~350 million endowment. Not likely. We've had a salary freeze with a reduction in retirement match since the beginning of the pandemic. And don't get me started on how painful it will be to pay the heating bills this winter! Though I am tenured and very happy with almost every aspect of my work, this is unsustainable.

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  7. Debbie

    Not at ASU. We get annual merit pay raises (usually small) but since I've been at ASU we've never gotten a raise to account for inflation despite the fact that housing costs are skyrocketing here.

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