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WCU Faculty Asks Board Of Trustees For Cost Of Living Increase


Lilly Knoepp
Today, Western Carolina University Faculty Senate presented the Board of Trustees with a request: they need a salary increase.
“They asked a lot of questions so that was super positive,” said Kadance Otto, chair of the Faculty Senate.
Otto said faculty hasn’t received seen their pay increase in line with cost-of-living since 2008.
“To me, a raise is something above the cost of living because that is something that is more than the average rate of inflation. So at bare minimum we are simply asking to keep up with inflation,” said Otto.
Faculty pay comes from the North Carolina state legislature since Western Carolina is part of the UNC system. The faculty and staff are state employees. Western Carolina acknowledged this relationship in a statement and thanked the legislature for being a good partner through funding of recent programs like NC Promise and other capital funds including the steam plant and new STEM building. ....

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