Thought
      provoking
      facts
      &
      figures
     
    

    
     
      *The
      overall
      UPEI
      budget
      has
      grown
      by
      50%
      since
      1998,
      due
      to
     
     
      tuition
      and
      enrolment
      increases.
      Thus,
      students
      have
      already
      done
      their
     
     
      part.
      UPEIFA
      salaries,
      have
      NOT
      risen
      by
      a
      similar
      amount
      (see
      figure),
     
     
      neither
      has
      spending
      on
      academic
      programs.
      Where
      is
      your
      tuition
     
     
      going
      ?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Growth
      in
      UPEI
      Faculty
      Salaries
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Relative
      to
      Inflation
     
     
      1224
     
     
      1187
     
     
      5
     
     
      2
      4104
     
     
      106
      -
     
     
      402+
      aa
     
     
      98
      -
      4
      sae
     
     
      iy
      *
      eer
     
     
      1992
      1993
      1994
      1995
      1996
      1997,
      1998
      4999
      2000
      2001
      2002
      2003
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “san
      CHP]
      meaaee
      Faculty
      Salaries
      |
     
     
      Source:
      Salary
      Contracts
      /
      CPI
      index
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      the
      same
      period,
      there
      has
      been
      an
      increase
      of
      85%
      in
      spend-
     
     
      ing
      on
      administration
      at
      UPEI.
      What
      are
      the
      spending
      priorities
      at
      UPEI
      ?
     
    

    
     
      ¢St
      Thomas
      University
      has
      the
      lowest
      tuition
      ($3695),
      yet
      the
     
     
      highest
      salaries
      in
      the
      region.
      How
      are
      they
      doing
      it
      ?
     
    

    
     
      The
      starting
      salary
      for
      a
      new
      faculty
      member
      (Step
      1
      on
      the
     
     
      Assistant
      Professor
      salary
      grid)
      at
      UPEI
      is
      currently
      $41,000.
      Professors
     
     
      have
      completed
      20-23
      years
      of
      education
      (more
      than
      most
      engineers,
     
     
      lawyers,
      accountants,
      dentists,
      and
      even
      many
      medical
      doctors).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      do
      not
      want
      to
      strike.
      We
      understand
      student
      anxiety
      at
      this
     
     
      difficult
      time.
      You
      may
      be
      reassured
      to
      know
      that
      a
      faculty
      strike
      in
     
     
      Canada
      has
      never
      resulted
      in
      the
      loss
      of
      a
      semester.
      Your
      professors
      and
     
     
      librarians
      will
      do
      everything
      they
      can
      to
      ensure
      that
      students
      are
      not
     
     
      penalized
      because
      of
      our
      labour
      negotiations.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      encourage
      you
      to
      examine
      both
      sides
      of
      this
      issue.
      More
     
     
      details
      on
      the
      Board
      of
      Governor's
      position
      can
      be
      found
      at
      www.upeine-
     
     
      gotiations.ca/.
      For
      more
      information
      from
      the
      UPEIFA,
      visit
      the
      web
     
     
      site:
      www.upeifa.org
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      UPEI
      Cadre
      January
      8,
      2004
      page
      13