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Salaries are low. We
know that. But what else do we know about the state of the faculty at UW?
What is happening to employment conditions? To the system of tenure? To
the goals of gender equality and racial diversity? Is the University of
Washington improving or undermining the system of shared governance?
Making it easier or harder to produce important research and effective
teaching? Are we losing faculty at an unhealthy rate?
These are questions that will be answered in the following report, a
report card on the state of the faculty at the University of Washington.
Expect some surprises. Salaries are not our biggest problem! Some
conditions are actually improving!
This report card, the first in an annual series, has been compiled by a
research team from the American Association of University Professors-UW
chapter and is distributed by AAUP to faculty members, administrators,
and the press. For too long we have been only vaguely aware of the trends
that have been transforming UW. Using official university data, this
report outlines what has been happening over the past decade and puts
these trends in context.
This report card assigns a letter grade for nine subject areas, followed
by a narrative and related charts. The grades are not good. We have
awarded no As and only two Bs. The three Cs indicate a need for vigilance
and improvement. The three Ds are danger warnings. The lone F flags
a disaster area that threatens the future of the University of
Washington. Overall, when you look at the hard, cold numbers and think
about the trends, there is much to worry about and much to do.
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