Financial Affairs Committee

March 19, 2002

Whereas, average salaries for all professorial ranks lag at least 6% below the national average, and

Whereas, average salaries for all professorial ranks lag at least 10% below the SUG average,

Whereas, average salaries for all professorial ranks have barely kept pace with inflation since 1998, and

Whereas, the administration has identified increasing faculty salaries as its highest priority,

Therefore, be it resolved that the Faculty Senate at the University of Alabama expects President Sorensen and his administration and the Board of Trustees to continue their efforts to enhance faculty salaries in the upcoming year and succeeding years until UA salaries meet or exceed the SUG average, and to formulate a plan to achieve these goals, and to present the plan to the Faculty Senate.