Reform in Ohio

Reform in Ohio had a few surprises for faculty at tax-supported universities. Part-time faculty would be given the right to unionize but would not be able to strike. Full-time faculty were labeled "management" on the grounds that they help to govern their institutions through Faculty Senates and play roles in personnel decisions, such as hiring and granting tenure. Which means they would not be able to unionize at all.

The House passed the bill 17-16. In January 2010 the University of Akron and its faculty union agreed on a two-year contract that included a 2 percent raise the first year and a ''significant'' increase in the second year.

The Akron Beacon Journal reported that same month on the salaries at the University of Akron.

According to an Ohio State University survey for 2008-2009, average pay for UA professors was $92,300, the 10th-highest statewide; associate professors, $69,500, the 11th highest; and assistant professors, $60,200, the sixth-highest.

The average UA salary for all ranks was $71,600 statewide, the seventh-highest.

Part-timers make up about two-thirds of the people who teach at UA.

Republicans have a 23-10 majority in the Senate.
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