University faculty have pushed through four years without pay raises, and now administrators and policy-makers are discussing ways to increase faculty compensation.
Both Chancellor Michael Martin and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jack Hamilton called faculty pay raises in the next fiscal year a top priority, but the ability to grant salary increases is embargoed by the state government.
The Louisiana legislature and Gov. Bobby Jindal said they will not increase pay for state employees amid a declining economy, which obstructs University faculty from pay raises, said Jason Droddy, University director of External Affairs.
“LSU could find within its means the ability to give a pay raise if the state would permit us to give a pay raise,” Droddy said. “We would like for them not to block our ability to give a pay raise if we can find the