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Faculty
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Chester Dunning, an associate professor of history at
A&M, said many raises are based on merit as deter
mined by the amount of work published rather than
teaching aspects of the job.
Dunning said as the recipient of three distinguished
teaching awards and an internationally recognized
scholar he makes $44,000 per year, and with the ad
ditional teaching he will do this summer he will make
almost $50,000.
He said in his case he will not benefit from a
merit raise this year because the two articles he
submitted for publications did not come out dur
ing the 1998 year.
He said his department is receiving a 3-percent av
erage increase, but the department head has to take 1
percent of the 3 percent to give money to those pro
fessors that might move to another university because
they will be paid better.
“The system is completely corrupt and dis
courages faculty from taking time for students,”
Dunning said. “The merit raises are for those fac
ulty that push their teaching responsibility back
to work on publications. Most of the faculty are
hardworking and are underpaid.”
The American Association of University Professors
(AAVP) publishes an average salary report each year. The
average nine-month salaries for full professors, associate
professors and assistant professors for a Category 1
school, which includes schools that award doctoral de
grees, are $84,350, $58,987 and $50,184, respectively.
The average nine month salaries at A&M for full pro
fessor, associate professor and assistant professor are
$76,072, $54,392 and $47,937, respectively.
She said the research faculty members participate in
is important to keep knowledge current and also for the
recognition the University receives.
“Faculty members teach and also provide services by
participating on committees and advising students,”
Stout said. “The message was — when you give raises,
consider all aspects of a person’s job.”
Charles Self, head of the A&M journalism depart
ment, said he appreciated the Texas legislature for rec
ognizing the crucial role faculty play, by providing the
funds for the salary increase.
“We have fallen behind over the years (in providing
competitive salaries),” Self said. “This must not be the
end, but this was wonderful recognition of the state in
the economic development.”
Slocum
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The A&M men’s basketball pro
gram is predicted to bring in nearly
$2.2 million in ticket sales as well as
television sponsorships and two
checks from the NCAA for various
tournaments. The baseball program
brings in $975,000 from ticket sales,
student fees and concessions.
Some said that Slocum’s pay
raise may give the impression A&M
values the importance of athletics
over the importance of education.
Chester Dunning, an associate
professor of history, has worked at
A&M since 1979 and said the foot
ball mania has continued to grow
during the last 20 years. He said
Slocum’s contract was “outra
geous.”
“Last time I checked, we were in
the business of education,” Dun
ning said. “There are great argu
ments, but a state employee should
n’t make a million dollars a year.”
Robert Kennedy, vice president
for research and associate provost
for graduate studies at A&M, said
the National Science Foundation, an
independent group, forms statistics
regarding research expenditures for
universities.
For the 1998 fiscal year, A&M re
ceived $393 million for all colleges
and agencies in College Station re
lated to A&M.
According to the Texas Higher Ed
ucation Board, the University of Texas
received $276 million in research ex
penditures, and Texas Tech received
$47 million in research expenditures.
Powell said the state only appropri
ates a certain amount of money to--
wards Slocum’s salary and the rest
comes from private sources.
Dunning said he is a “cultural
specialist” who believes in hard
work and getting a good education.
“Slocum walked into opportuni
ties after inheriting the job of head
coach,” Dunning said. “Slocum’s
deal was a market decision, because
we [A&M] are involved in a bidding
war to keep Slocum from going to
another school.”
Bowen said Slocum’s salary
comes from the revenue generated
by the athletic department. He said
the success of the football program
benefits everyone at A&M.
“The athletic department draws
people to A&M,” Bowen said. “The
football program is a wonderful door
to the University. ”
Dunning said it would be nice to
reapportion resources and build
new, larger classrooms instead of
new sports facilities to help solve
some of the educational problems
such registration and improving the
quality of an undergraduate educa
tion.
Powell said the Board of Regents
wants to come up with a study to
find ways to reward faculty and out
standing teachers.
“Nothing would thrill me more
than for A&M be able to reward the
faculty. ” Powell said.
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The potential cost for this under
taking could reach millions if the
goals of the project expand to include
community development, human
health, nutrition and other facets.
“In today’s world, it is highly
unlikely that one institution ad
dressing a narrow problem area is
likely to have the kind of response
and results needed to address prob
lems that are interlined with each
other,” Pina said.
He said these workshops de
pend heavily on collaboration be
tween the two parties involved.
“This is not a one-way street,”
Pina said.”We have to operate as a
mutually benefiting relationship.”
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Gov. Bush’s
war record
questioned
MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) —
Amid questions over his Vietnam-era
military service, Texas Gov. George
W. Bush defended his record Sunday,
declaring that “I served my country”
as a National Guard pilot in Texas.
He received no special treatment,
the Republican presidential hopeful
insisted, after details of his stateside
duty during the
Vietnam War
emerged in the
Los Angeles Times
and The Dallas
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The Times said Bush, as a young
recruit in the late 1960s, became a
second lieutenant just out of basic
training, jumping into the officer
ranks without credentials that many
other officer candidates possessed.
Bush spokesperson Karen Hugh
es said the Texas Air National Guard
was short of pilots, and a candidate
had to be a commissioned officer to
go to flight school.
The Times said it was informed
by Tom Hail, a historian for the Texas
Air National Guard, that Bush’s unit
had 27 pilots at the time he began ap
plying, two short of its authorized
strength. The 147th Fighter Intercep
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E. coli blamed for campers’
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Health officials have
confirmed that a rare strain of the E. coli bacteria was
the mysterious bug that sickened at least 58 students
and instructors during a drill team camp last month at
the University of North Texas.
Now that the strain — E. coli OllliNM — has been
found, the investigation is focusing where it came from,
Texas Health Department epidemiologist Brad Walsh
said.
A likely source for the bacteria is raw or under
cooked food, he said.
Federal officials will be notified of the discovery of
the rare E. coli strain, which has been reported spo
radically in the United States, Walsh said.
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in the U.S., it has implications for food policy,iq
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