[Hoffer Rand]

Tuition increases do not go to faculty pay. Some of it certainly goes to faculty health-care benefits, which in our case are very good. But we have had a very minor, virtual cost-of-living wage increase for the past 10 years. On the other hand, new buildings are going up like crazy, cuz donors can put their names on buildings.

This. Our pay increases for the last 10 years are about 1% a year, in the years we get them, and that's almost completely offset by how much they jack up our parking fees and health insurance premiums. In addition, I count a minimum of five administrative (not offering classes) programs focused solely on "diversity" in my building alone, and I don't work in a central administrative building. None of these five are the ubiquitous hyphenated-American student union programs, these are in addition to those.

[LS]

You had to remind me of parking, which eats up 5% of our massive raise.