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GA budget proposal includes faculty pay raises

UNC General Administration's proposed budget for 2001-02 includes an average raise of 6 percent for faculty at system schools.

The raise would come from $68.3 million in new spending in the budget proposal unveiled by UNC President Molly Corbett Broad at an Oct. 13 UNC Board of Governors meeting.

The spending plan also includes another $28.5 million to go to faculty pay increases as part of the Excellent Universities Act, an effort aimed at making UNC faculty salaries more competitive with peer schools around the country.

The General Administration budget -- which must be approved by the Board of Governors and state legislature -- also calls for $40.5 million to accommodate enrollment growth; $31.4 million for technology; $26 million for student financial aid; $17.9 million for research in genomics, optical electronics, and environmental and marine science; and $15 million for libraries.

On tuition, the spending plan proposes a 4 percent increase for in-state undergraduate students and a 7.5 percent increase for in-state graduate students at Carolina. Out-of-state students would see the same dollar-amount increases as their in-state counterparts, but percentage increases would be less because out-of-state tuition is now higher than in-state.

The Board of Governors will approve a budget at its November meeting. That budget will then go to the General Assembly for its consideration.

The board already has approved for 2001-02 a proposed campus-initiated tuition increase of $300 for Carolina undergraduate students.

That increase is part of an effort to generate revenue to help make Carolina faculty salaries more competetive. About a third of the revenue is slated for student financial aid.

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