UMaine relying more on lower-paid professors as budget shrinks - Nell Gluckman, Bangor Daily News

The average full-time faculty salary at UMaine is around $80,000, according to Director of Public Relations Margaret Nagle. That includes lecturers, who work under an Associated Faculties of the Universities of Maine contract, though they are not tenure-eligible. “The pay is OK for the area,” said Canniff, who holds a master’s degree in poetry from UMaine. The adjunct faculty member is in debt and cannot make interest payments on his student loans, he said. As the budget shrinks and the number of freshmen grows, UMaine is relying more on faculty members who are not on a path to tenure and are paid less than professors. This trend has been exacerbated by a $36 million budget shortfall systemwide, $9.7 million of which UMaine must come up with in order to pass a balanced budget for fiscal year 2015. http://bangordailynews.com/2014/04/07/news/bangor/umaine-relying-more-on-non-tenure-track-professors-to-serve-growing-student-body/