The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has
released its Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession (Report). For the most part, the Report addresses
salaries of professors, administrators and part-time lecturers in the United
States. Interestingly, the Report also
reports on data concerning state investment in higher
education. As noted earlier, there is an
innovation deficit in the United States based on a drop in federal spending on
research in terms of real dollars. And,
as discussed previously, the Trump Administration budget is requesting a
substantial cut in the amount of federal money invested in research. The Report notes that after the Great
Recession the amount of state funding for higher education dropped substantially. Recently, there has been a slight overall uptick. The uptick may be found in states that lean
democratic versus republican in leadership; although this is not always the case
for some states such as Texas and Nevada.
Hopefully, states continue to push more resources toward higher education and avoid pushing up tuition. The full Report is available, here. [Hat
tip to my colleague Raquel Aldana.]
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