Collective Bargaining Agreement between
the University of Delaware and
American Association of University Professors,
University of Delaware Chapter
- For the period July 1, 1994 through June 30, 1995,
salaries of continuing members of the bargaining unit shall be
adjusted in the following manner:
- Each continuing member of the bargaining unit
shall have his/her salary increased by an amount
equivalent to 2.5% of his/her 1993-94 base salary.
- In addition, an amount equivalent to 1.5% of the
1993-94 base salary of continuing members of the
bargaining unit in each college shall be allocated
to a merit pool and divided within that college
among continuing members of the bargaining unit in
accordance with the provisions of Article 12.3.
- Each continuing member of the bargaining unit
shall have his or her salary adjusted by the
following structural adjustment based on the
faculty member's rank as of July 1, 1994:
Academic Fiscal
Year Year
Professor: $650 $795
Assistant Professor: 300 365
- All increases will be effective July 1, 1994
for bargaining unit members on fiscal year
contracts and September 1, 1994 for bargaining
unit members on academic year contracts.
For the purpose of this contract, a member
of the bargaining unit is considered
"continuing" under the following
definitions:
- any person on a fiscal year contract who
is a member of the bargaining unit on June
30 and who is a member of the bargaining
unit on July 1 of that same calendar year.
- any person on an academic year contract
who is a member of the bargaining unit on
the last day of classes for the Spring
Semester and who is a member of the
bargaining unit on September 1 of the same
calendar year.
- an individual's standing as a continuing
member of the bargaining unit shall not be
affected by his/her transfer within the
University, change in rank or status, or
length of term of contract.
- For the period July 1, 1995 through June 30, 1996,
salaries of continuing members of the bargaining unit shall be
adjusted in the following manner:
- Each continuing member of the bargaining unit
shall have his/her salary increased by an
amount equivalent to 2.5% of his/her 1994-95
base salary.
- In addition, an amount equivalent to 2.0% of
the 1994-95 base salaries of continuing members
of the bargaining unit in each college shall be
allocated to a merit pool and divided within
that college among continuing members of the
bargaining unit in accordance with the
provisions of Article 12.3.
- Each continuing member of the bargaining unit
shall have his or her salary adjusted by the
following amount based on the faculty member's
rank as of July 1, 1995:
Academic Fiscal
Year Year
Professor: $600 $735
Assistant Professor: 300 365
- All increases will be effective July 1, 1995
for bargaining unit members on fiscal year
contracts and September 1, 1995 for bargaining
unit members on academic year contracts.
- Merit pay increases shall be awarded in a fashion
which is consistent with the faculty member's performance as
reflected in the annual evaluation conducted by the department
chairperson or dean (in units where there are no chairpersons).
A chair or dean shall consider in his or her evaluation of a
faculty member's activities all evidence submitted by a faculty
member which is consistent with written departmental criteria for
merit pool allocations. (These written departmental criteria for
merit pool allocations shall be consistent with the department's
criteria for promotion and tenure). In the absence of such
written criteria, the chair/dean shall use the department's
criteria for promotion and tenure. The annual evaluation shall
be based on criteria which have been clearly communicated to
faculty members in advance of the period covered by the
evaluation and which are consistent with the workload plans
developed in accordance with Article 11.8 of this Agreement. The
chair or dean shall communicate to each faculty member in his/her
administrative unit the basis for the evaluation and shall review
with a faculty member, upon request, information which indicates
the correspondence between merit pay within the faculty member's
department or comparable unit and evaluation ratings within that
unit so that the faculty member may know whether his or her merit
pay is consistent with the annual evaluation. Anonymous or
confidential information shall not be used to evaluate a faculty
member without that faculty member having the opportunity to
respond to the substance of the information before the evaluation
is complete. Merit increases are to be awarded solely on the
basis of past performance in research, teaching and service (as
referenced in Article 11.2).
- Promotion increments shall be adjusted to the
following amounts effective July 1, 1994:
Academic Fiscal
Year Year
Promotion to Ass't Professor $2,150 $2,650
Promotion to Assoc. Professor 2,850 3,500
Promotion to Professor 3,550 4,350
The promotion increments will be adjusted to the following
amounts effective July 1, 1995:
Academic Fiscal
Year Year
Promotion to Ass't Professor $2,250 $2,750
Promotion to Assoc. Professor 3,000 3,650
Promotion to Professor 3,700 4,500
The foregoing increments shall be effective on July 1 (for
faculty members employed on fiscal year contracts) or September 1
(for faculty members employed on academic year contracts)
following the promotion and shall be in addition to salary
increases, including merit increases, awarded pursuant to Article
12.1 or 12.2.
- Roll up costs and increases in fringe benefits
costs associated with University-paid portions of the benefit
package as a result of Articles 12.1, 12.2, 12.4, and 12.6 shall
be paid by the University.
- After the adjustments have been made in accordance
with Articles 12.1, 12.3 and 12.4, the following salary minimums
by rank shall be applicable effective July 1, 1994:
Academic Fiscal
Year Year
Instructor/Lecturer $23,000 $28,100
Assistant Professor 31,500 38,500
Associate Professor 40,000 48,900
Professor 49,100 60,000
After the adjustments have been made in accordance with Articles
12.2, 12.3 and 12.4, salary minimums by rank shall be effective
July 1, 1995:
Academic Fiscal
Year Year
Instructor/Lecturer $24,000 $29,300
Assistant Professor 32,900 40,200
Associate Professor 41,800 51,100
Professor 51,300 62,700
- It is recognized that situations may arise which
will make it necessary for the University to make special salary
adjustments for individual faculty members in addition to the
annual increases provided in Articles 12.1 and 12.2. Such
adjustments may be implemented by the University under the
following situations:
- when a salary adjustment is necessary to
correct a gross inequity including, but not
limited to, situations of salary inversion and
compression;
- when a salary adjustment is necessary to retain
a faculty member at the University;
- when salary disparities occur, relative to
market demands, which adversely affect the
quality of an academic unit.
Special salary adjustments implemented in either a department
and/or college (or the equivalent unit(s)) shall conform to the
procedures established in 12.3.
- Effective September 1, 1994 on-contract, full-time
faculty teaching overloads (including Continuing Education,
Special Sessions, and other overload teaching) will be paid 2.25%
per credit hour of their base academic year salary, up to a
ceiling equivalent to 2.25% per credit hour of the average salary
at each rank in the prevailing year. The floor will be increased
in each year at a rate equal to the across-the-board plus merit
increases (excluding structural, promotional and other unique
adjustments) as established in the Collective Bargaining
Agreement.
Payments for full-time faculty on other than 9-month
appointments will be paid based on their salary pro-rated to a 9-
month basis.
The applicable floor rates for the contract years 1994-
1995 and 1995-1996 are set forth in Appendix "B."
- Salary increases may not be awarded to members of
the bargaining unit other than as required or permitted by
Article XII without prior discussion with the University of
Delaware Chapter of AAUP.
