English faculty demand living wage from Penn State

They are paid roughly $35K to $42K, and a planned raise was scrapped because of "financial challenges."

They are paid roughly $35K to $42K, and a planned raise was scrapped because of "financial challenges."

View this email in your browser HELP KEEP PSU HONEST  PENN STATE ALERT    February 27, 2023 Spotlight PA provides alerts of its latest investigative and public-service reporting about Penn State University. This work is only possible thanks to the generous support of readers like you. You can contribute now here. If you were forwarded this alert, you can subscribe here. PAY DISPUTE GEORGIANNA SUTHERLAND / For Spotlight PA Teaching faculty in the English department at Penn State University are demanding a living wage after a promised increase was scrapped by the administration, claiming "financial challenges," Wyatt Massey reports. Salary data collected by the faculty, and shared with Spotlight PA, suggest lecturers earn about $35,000 annually, assistant teaching professors earn about $38,500, and associate teaching professors earn about $42,500. The living wage for a single adult without children in State College is $37,545, according to The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For a single adult with a child, the needed annual income jumps to $70,989.   READ THE FULL STORY This vital accountability reporting can only continue with your support. Make a gift to Spotlight PA and help us keep powerful institutions like Penn State honest and transparent. As a special bonus, all monthly recurring gifts will be MATCHED 12X by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism. SUPPORT THIS JOURNALISM Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and WITF Public Media. Copyright © Spotlight PA / The Philadelphia Inquirer, All rights reserved. Spotlight PA 228 Walnut St., #11728 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1728 newsletters@spotlightpa.org This email was sent to: <<Email Address>> You're receiving this email because you subscribed to alerts about Spotlight PA's Penn State coverage. Receiving too many emails from Spotlight PA? To change your newsletter subscriptions and frequency, you can update your preferences. To stop receiving fundraising messages, you can update your preferences and select "Opt out of Fundraising." To stop receiving ALL EMAILS from Spotlight PA, including all of our investigations and newsletters, you can completely unsubscribe here.