UI Faculty Pay Freeze Signals Higher Loads at UI
UI Provost Wallace Loh warns faculty pay may be frozen while teaching loads rise as budget cuts compress costs. Deans must craft plans by March 20 to trim expenses and raise revenue, with a UI incentive program for colleges generating extra funds amid a statewide 6.5 percent cut proposed for next year.
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Diane Heldtne
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Wallace Loh
Loh
Iowa
Chet Culver
Iowa State University
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University
Lawmakers scrutinize Culver budget plan in Iowa
Area legislators comment on Gov. Culver fiscal 2010 budget. Kraig Paulsen cites concerns over use of the cash reserve and potential property tax implications. Todd Taylor advocates targeted cuts to shrink state government. Jeff Kaufmann warns against drawing $200 million from reserves. Dvorsky and Hogg note revenue losses from the national recession require hard decisions.
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Chet Culver
House
Kraig Paulsen
Hiawatha
Todd Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jeff Kaufmann
R Wilton
Bob Dvorsky
D-Coralville
Senate Appropriations Committee
GOP
Matt Strawn
Culver budgets shift funds amid 1.4 percent cut plan
Iowa Governor Culver proposes a 1.4 percent cut from current spending and requires moving 200 million from the state cash reserve. He would cap tax credits to save 30 million and shift credits to locals while opposing tax increases during a recession. House leaders anticipate refining line items to protect education and safety.
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Culver
Statehouse
Iowa
Pat Murphy
D-Dubuque
Murphy
Rod.boshart
Gazcomm.com
Iowa approves 56 million disaster aid from emergency fund
Iowa counties receive grants from the 155 million economic emergency fund to aid tornado and flood victims. Cedar Rapids gets 10.5 million, Iowa City 2.2 million, and other cities receive amounts for housing buyouts, infrastructure repair, and small business aid. Legislation faced GOP calls for more accountability and opposition to funding the Rebuild Iowa Office.
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Linn
Johnson
Benton
Jones
Iowa
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Palo
Coralville
Parkersburg
New Hartford
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Sen
Shawn Hamerlinck
Davenport
Senate
GOP
Adjunct Faculty Faces Uncertainty at Iowa Regent Universities
UI junior Joanie Yapp notes teaching effectiveness matters more than tenure status. About 31 percent of Iowa regent university faculty in 2007 were adjuncts, instructors, or lecturers with no health benefits and limited contracts.
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Joanie Yapp
Yapp
Iowa
Regent
ISU
Susan Carlson
David Gould
Iowa City adjuncts value flexibility over tenure track
Iowa City adjuncts and lecturers describe their path as independent agents balancing family and work. David Barker, 47, combines teaching with real estate and has held roles at the Federal Reserve Bank and the University of Chicago. He says the arrangement benefits classroom insight and flexibility. Julie Zielinski, 41, left corporate work in 2005 to teach part time in marketing, drawn by work life balance for her young children.
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Iowa City
David Barker
Tippie College of Business
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
University of Chicago
Barker
Julie Zielinski
Diane
Gazcomm.com
Alliant Council seeks federal grant to ease steam crisis
Alliant Council member Monica Vernon plans a Washington trip to push for federal funds to replace the damaged Sixth Street plant's steam system. The effort aims to keep downtown jobs, preserve tax rolls, and allow a temporary boiler plan for 3 to 5 years while a long term fix is sought.
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Vernion
City Hall
Aller
Don Canney
Monica Vernon
Washington, D.C
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Alliant
Sixth Street
Gazette
Council
Jerry McGrane
Pat Shey
Justin Shields
Allianz
Quaker
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