August 23, 2011. Proposes linking faculty salaries to class sizes and research funding, “People are just mortified by it. The devil is alive and well in those details.” — UFF President Tom Auxter
Gov. Rick Scott is exploring dramatic higher-education reforms that are similar to those already under way in Florida’s public school districts.
Patterned after reforms being championed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who recently announced he’s running for president, Scott is looking at changing the way professors are paid and moving toward a merit-pay system with limits on tenure.
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