Reed also mentioned the ongoing faculty salary negotiations with the Union, which has charged Reed with failing to hire tenured professors. Over 700 faculty members retired this year, according to Reed. This is twice the number the CSU anticipated. He also disputed the union claim that there has only been a net gain of one tenured professor in the past five years. Reed spoke out in favor of Faculty Merit Increase, a percentage of faculty pay increase that is based on performance evaluations.
Some people are just unhappy people.
Reed said that faculty members have rarely come to him with their issues. Reed commented on provisions passed in the United States Senate, which limit financial aid to students convicted of drug offenses. The financial aid applications are self-reporting, he added. No feedback has been posted yet.