FAU staff raises anger faculty, Palm Beach Post

By Kimberly Miller
December 9, 2008


More than 100 Florida Atlantic University staff members got raises of 10 percent or higher this year despite millions of dollars in budget cuts that forced the reduction of 130 jobs during the summer.

School administrators say the university actually saved money by awarding increases to people who took on extra duties, instead of hiring new employees to replace those who left or to fill positions that were vacant. All but about 30 of the jobs cut were unfilled.

But salary bumps of select staff members that were as high as 30 percent have raised the ire of FAU's United Faculty of Florida, which sent a memo to professors this weekend titled "Bargaining Under Brogan's Board."

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Education gets another kick in the teeth, Miami Herald

By Fred Grimm
November 23, 2008

S tudents spilling out of the FAU tower in downtown Fort Lauderdale didn't express much enthusiasm for the governor's tuition hike.

Not if ''that sucks'' means what I think it means.

''They're going to raise our tuition 15 percent. Does that mean the college programs will be improved 15 percent?'' Slavi Gorgoski asked.

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FAU faculty fighting for more, Palm Beach Post

By Kimberly Miller
November 5, 2008

Florida Atlantic University’s faculty sent out a press release dated Friday detailing their fight for bigger raises at the Boca Raton school.

The release says the faculty union made a request for a 10 percent raise - the same awarded FAU President Frank Brogan. What the university was offering before was the same as what staff is slated to receive, a 1 percent raise and one-time $1,000 bonus.

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FAU President Brogan touts progress in 'State of the University' Address, TC Palm

September 22, 2008

BOCA RATON — Florida Atlantic University suffered a year of painful budget cuts but, in many ways, it's been one of the best years ever, its president said Monday.

Frank Brogan said in his annual "State of the University" address that FAU made great strides toward becoming more popular among students and more respected on a national level.

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