Salisbury University Administrative Salaries and Budget Priorities

Dear Concerned Citizen and Taxpayer,

As you look over these two documents regarding the ever expanding of administrative pay and costs (which are far above what other, lower paid State employees have received in terms of previous cost of living adjustments, etc.) please be aware that this same SU administration is currently planning to impose a radical version of “austerity” that will result in a 6 million dollar cut from its essential Academic services.

This will result in

1)   Larger class sizes for students

2) Higher tuition for students and their families

3) fewer class offerings and opportunities for current future students

4) lowering SU’s overall program and academic quality

5) The elimination of several student academic programs and the teachers/staff who maintain them.

6) The cutting of internships and educational training programs for many of the professional programs

Given our ever-increasing state budget crisis, why aren’t we looking at ways to actually “trim the fat” from these bloated and increasingly excessive administrative costs? Please feel free to send this along to all students, parents and interested parties that these cuts may impact, including media outlets. And please direct any specific concerns and criticisms of this proposal to directly SU’s provost Laurie Couch at provost@salisbury.edu and SU’s President Carolyn Ringer Lepre at president@salisbury.edu