Provost John Jackson has repeatedly stated that in order to increase faculty salaries, SIUC would have to cut faculty lines (to finance the increases). This week, College of Liberal Arts Dean Robert Jensen announced he was freezing at least 5 COLA searches in order to fund salary increases for faculty. According to the Minter Management Ratios, SIUC spends 10.5 percent of its budget on administrat

By Gus Bode

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