RIDER CHAPTER REACHES AGREEMENT

From: Academe | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Bradley, Gwendolyn | Copyright information

On the eve of an October strike, the Rider University AAUP chapter reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the administration. Highlights of the agreement include increases in compensation and faculty development funds and a cap on adjunct and out-of-load teaching.

Faculty will receive 4 percent salary raises retroactive to September for this academic year. For the next three yeare, they will receive the average of the increase in all faculty salaries and the increase ...

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