State community college faculty salaries fall behind peer states, K-12 - Mallory Gruben, TDN

When it comes to salaries, Washington community college faculty are falling behind their peers in other states and the K-12 public school system. But raising salaries to catch up would likely bring financial hardship for these colleges — unless the Legislature steps in. “All the faculty agree we want raises, but not at the risk of closing down the college, because then we lose our jobs,” said Brad Benjamin, president of the Lower Columbia College faculty union. Washington community college faculty make 12.4 percent less than their colleagues in states with similar economic factors, college revenue, enrollment and faculty population, according to a 2018 study by Western Washington University Center for Economics and Business Research. https://tdn.com/news/local/state-community-college-faculty-salaries-fall-behind-peer-states-k/article_e80a37e9-0f7c-5859-9873-fe181608a1dc.html