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Little Sister

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Originally posted by: dr. bice
"So, when the prez asked for the top 10% in CEP, they sent over the name of someone who was recently ABD?"
"Tell them what we want them to hear. Or tell them what they want to hear. Whatever works best. Razzle-dazzle them." That's our our philosophy. It's only money. Next year they'll not remember what happened to them.

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Bobbi Harlow

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Originally posted by: dr. bice
"So, when the prez asked for the top 10% in CEP, they sent over the name of someone who was recently ABD?"


Good Lord and Butter! If you count the number of people who received raises from the FOIA list it equates to 50% of the psych faculty. Dr. Berman already said 2 things -- 100% of the psych faculty got raises this year, and raise money comes from all sorts of sources (maybe reallocation of monies from senior folk who retired like Gary Jones?). So looks like not all of people on that list got the "dome" raise and some got money from elsewhere. Time to move on. . .to more sordid stuff than who did and didn't get a raise and how much they deserved.

Me? I'm heading out to the medow for a dandelion break.

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Emma

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When you haven't had a raise in several years - it makes a world of difference. 

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Little Sister

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Originally posted by: Bobbi Harlow
". . . raise money comes from all sorts of sources (maybe reallocation of monies from senior folk who retired like Gary Jones?).
How very nice! Given the large number of faculty members leaving this year, reallocation monies should be sufficient to give everyone over there a whopping raise! I wonder if it works like that in the other colleges on campus.

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nip/tuck

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Berman's raise of 17.5% in January 2004 came on the heels of one in March of 2003 that was 9.7%.  Between 3/1/03 and 1/1/04 (about 9 months) his income went up about 29%.  Where did Psych get all that cash?

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ewe

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Originally posted by: nip/tuck
"Berman's raise of 17.5% in January 2004 came on the heels of one in March of 2003 that was 9.7%.  Between 3/1/03 and 1/1/04 (about 9 months) his income went up about 29%.  Where did Psych get all that cash?"

 


That solves your faculty recruiting problemz. When the word gets out that USM is giving successive year raises like that, it will be flooded with applications.



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Outside Observer

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Is this guy Bushardt I see folks mentioning on here publishing some some of the better business journals to be held in such high regard?


 


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"If you're in CBED,and you're on the outs with Doty, Bushardt, et al., don't worry about a pay raise. You are more likely to find a whole lot of retaliation on your list of (non)rewards. You might say there is a serious disincentive for superior performance. Why? It's only a guess, but performance might make them look bad. quote: Originally posted by: Angeline"It is logical, and you are right.  But then it is not a merit raise, and that has been the justification by the Dome all along.  Besides, if the people who got a merit raise in January are left out this time, then their "merit" raise has just become a cost-of-living raise since everyone in a particular department at the same rank is now being put at the same or nearly the same pay level.  Thus, in effect, there has been no merit raises at all under SFT - just a few people got their raise before the others.  We need to make sure that they don't still try to spin this as a merit raise.  At USM there is NO incentive to produce superior work.""





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biz eagle

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OO, I don't think anyone's ever said Bushardt publishes in some of the better business journals, or did I miss something?

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Outside Observer

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was just curious...saw his name mentioned recently on this board and someone suggested he was a favorite of Doty.


 


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"OO, I don't think anyone's ever said Bushardt publishes in some of the better business journals, or did I miss something?"



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onlooker

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Originally posted by: nip/tuck
"Berman's raise of 17.5% in January 2004 came on the heels of one in March of 2003 that was 9.7%.  Between 3/1/03 and 1/1/04 (about 9 months) his income went up about 29%.  Where did Psych get all that cash?"
So, Mitch gets a 29% raise and he leaves the board?

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Let Freedom Ring

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Aw come on guys - once again, let's not get into tearing down individual faculty members.  Mitch has had an increase in responsibility - he SHOULD have an increase in income.  We don't know where all the money for raises in psych. came from but some probably came from grants and things they have worked hard to get.  Mitch has taken some fire from this board and yet from what he described about his work on the ETOH and drug policy, he's working hard for transparency and fairness - goals we all have.  He's also been responsive to the questions people on the board have put forth.  I'm not on the psych. faculty & don't really know much about him except what he's written here........and I know people are upset about the lack of raises (I sure am)  but I feel we are getting off focus when we target individual faculty members like this. 


No Quarter!



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Retired prof

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Originally posted by: Let Freedom Ring
"Aw come on guys - once again, let's not get into tearing down individual faculty members.  Mitch has had an increase in responsibility - he SHOULD have an increase in income.... I'm not on the psych. faculty & don't really know much about him except what he's written here........  but I feel we are getting off focus when we target individual faculty members like this. 


I have to chime in here. LFR is right. I don't know anybody in CEP who works harder than Mitch and he has a good heart and wants things better for everybody. However, my bigger concern is not the defense of MB, but what this raise issue is doing to the faculty. The griping about individual faculty members makes me cringe because I wonder if this whole "merit raise" issue isn't a ploy by the administration to divide and conquer a faculty that has been so wonderfully united over these last few months. I may be giving Shelboo too much credit, but sometimes this sniping at others sounds like you guys have taken the bait and are playing right into his hand. The NO QUARTER spirit of unity and cooperation among people from different disciplines, political leanings, etc., was the silver lining to this whole mess. I really hate to see it being chipped away. Don't let them divide you! Stick together to meet your common goal. NO QUARTER!


Jo Hailey, Professor Emerita of Psychology. (Ha! I finally got to write it!)



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Polyonymous

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In response to Retired Prof (congratulations, btw), I offer a portion of my last post on the Two Months Retrospective thread:


"The raise process is an important one but not because of all the individual maneuvering that is going on.  The bigger question is this: if the money for raises is not coming from the state and is not being generated by tuition revenue increases, what will happen when projected "efficiencies" are not realized?  Will a "financial emergency" ensue, leading to "necessary" lay-offs?  Will he attempt to make said lay-offs selective?  Does the faculty handbook address this...with strength and clarity?  Is this entire flawed raise process a set-up for another attack on tenure?"


As I was reading some of the 2002 news articles referenced on the website last evening, it appears that there is some precedent for this in the early Thames administration. 



 



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The Shadow

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I agree that attacking individual faculty members is usually not in the best interest of faculty welfare. However, we have had a five year period of tight budgets and stagnant salaries for at least 80% of the faculty and nearly all of the staff. People can tolerate hard times when they believe the sacrifice is shared. It is becoming apparent that for two years now, some people have been more equal than others. In some cases this has been related to performance, and in some it appears to be related to politics. The cause of the ill will is the selective nature of the process, and the perception that some people are unfairly benefitting from their willingness to ignore the welfare of their colleagues. Each individual must decide how much integrity he or she needs. Others will make judgments about that decision.



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Sonny

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"I have to chime in here. LFR is right. I don't know anybody in CEP who works harder than Mitch and he has a good heart and wants things better for everybody . . ." 

The concern is not about who got raises. The concern is about how and why they got them.

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Sonny

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Originally posted by: The Shadow
"Each individual must decide how much integrity he or she needs. Others will make judgments about that decision. "
Very well stated.

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