Tag: faculty

It has become fairly routine practice for University of La Verne students to turn on the laptop with every intention of working on homework. Five minutes of work go by, when suddenly the status updates of their friends seem infinitely more interesting than whatever you are working on.

There is no doubt that the average faculty salaries in American colleges and universities differ, especially across fields of study. In recent surveys the huge differences among faculty in various departments have been revealed.

University of La Verne faculty will receive 2.5 percent raises for the 2008-2009 academic year as part of a salary pool increase of 3.49 percent by the Board of Trustees.

The University of La Verne is a prestigious private college known for its small class sizes and low student-professor ratio. La Verne prides itself on the relationships professors form with their students and the one-on-one time that students receive.

High-water pants, Hawaiian shirts and hippie sandals are the fashion norms for many professors at the University of La Verne.

In 2003, at the request of the Board of Trustees, President Stephen Morgan appointed a task force assigned with the duty of developing a compensation increase recommendation each year.