When tuition increases next fall, part of those funds gained will go toward raising Ball State staff salaries.
According to statistics released by the Office of Academic Assessment and Institutional Research, Ball State full professors, associate professors, and assistant professors salaries rank 11 out of 12 when compared to salaries from other MAC schools. Statistics were not available for Buffalo University.
Ball State has fallen behind other MAC schools in average yearly salary increase by more than a percentage point.
In the early 1990s, Ball State was a leader in faculty salary increases, outdoing other MAC schools in 1995 by more than 2 percentage points.
Statistics show that Ball State's full professors earn nearly $6,000 less than the MAC average and all Ball State tenure track faculty members earn nearly $4,000 less than the MAC average.
"We must invest in our most important resource -- our people," President Blaine A. Brownell said in a news release May 3. "We are beginning to see valued faculty and staff leave Ball State simply because they are offered higher salaries at other institutions. Additionally, we are experiencing increasing difficulty in hiring our preferred candidates."
According to the news release, the recent cuts in state funding are the cause for the major increase in tuition. The state has cut nearly $26 million in funding.
Tuition will increase by 10 percent, or $198 for Indiana residents, and 12 percent, or $650 for out-of-state students. This increase represents one of the largest in the university's history.
Other increases include a temporary technology fee increase, which administrators promise will be reduced when funding returns.
"These are difficult times," Brownell said, "and we must share in the burden caused by the economic downturn."
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