The committee will now decide on a mediator and continue to iron out the details of the contract. The key issue they will have to deal with is the faculty's request for a 6-percent increase in pay for fiscal years 1999 and 2000. We want to be fair, but we are running a business. When you are running a business, you don't spend what you don't have yet.
Salary is the major issue for faculty and administrators to settle on.
However, since negotiations began in late March of last year, the faculty and administrators have met 15 times and have made marked progress toward settlement.