Some units may say they cannot afford to provide salary increases. Few faculty are aware that the salary allocation process is based on lowering the number of employees at the U, one committee member said. If they knew, there would be discussion of whether to forgo salary increases in order to bring younger people on the faculty. Pfutzenreuter said that in budget hearings with deans and provosts, most gave the impression that they have communicated with their faculty on this. Everyone should know, someone said, that to get a raise, someone will have to be fired or a line left unfilled.
More discussion is in committee minutes.
Rising cost of attending the U will be the result of new fees in addition to tuition increases, the committee was told. Signing took place earlier this month in Zhengzhou by Chancellor Sargeant and the ZEPC president. Initial focus of the partnership is on computer networking technology and courses and degrees in business and information management. Plans are for ZEPC faculty to come to UMC as visiting scholars in fall 1996. Teambackers Fun Night, one of the major fund-raisers for athletic scholarships at UMC, will be April 26 beginning at 6 p.m. in the Crookston National Guard Armory.