By Rita Giordano
NEW BRUNSWICK – Rutgers’ non-tenure-track faculty have approved a tentative agreement that includes more multiyear contracts, defined pathways to promotion, and titles of greater respect, a union leader said.
Once the terms are formally approved by the university, the fewer than 100 lowest paid of the full-time, non-tenure-track faculty will see a pay raise. Their pay will go from a little over $34,000 per academic year to slightly over $39,000, said Ann Gordon, retired history professor and union bargaining chairwoman.
But the agreement is less about economics than about treating the faculty more as professionals with articulated paths to career advancement, according to supporters.
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