Facts related to bargaining issues

Trends of WWU salaries by employee group 2002-2007 This chart shows that faculty salaries comprise over 50% of the university's state funded salary budget and shows an upward trendline since 2003, which will further increase with the settlement of the faculty contract for 2007-2009.

HECB data related to Washington public universities (from "Key facts
about higher education in Washington January, 2007, Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board.)

• History of the 75th percentile goal. Western was making steady progress to ward the 75th percentile until the budget cuts of 2002, when the state did not fund salary increases.
• Average faculty salaries at Washington’s public higher education institutions, and how they rank with their peers
• HECB data on part time faculty statewide

 

To be updated with WWU-specific data.