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V jlWrHwllBMBUnini,, ?, ; ' Faculty salaries increased 13 percen n i i i i rgycnoiogy neaa name David E. Clement has been name chairman of the USC Departmei of Psychology. Clement succeeds Erne: Furchgott who has returned to fu] time teaching and research aft< iimc yctus us cnairman 01 t! department. For your rilly big char bucks and experience Come by room 311 -Ri House and fill out Man application today ? . . From Staff Reports , s i An increase in the salaries of t USC professors was approved Wednesday by the State Budget i apd Control Board. Donna Pretty, assistant provost, said the average < increase was 13 percent. -. * Until the Wednesday decision. the increases, which had been set < by the university, had been c jeopardized by the board's ? proposal to impose a ceiling on the v salaries. F Although the General Assembly voted not to impose a ceiling on the c size of pay raises for education u personnel, board members agreed e that the state schools must grant salaries more closely r corresponding to those of other 1 state employees. a Having been allocated larger- o than -usual budgets this year, the u F state colleges and universities , were able to substantially increase v the salaries of professors. Across f - the state, the proposed increases a f T ranged from 16 to 35 percent. b According to William 1* Troublefield, budget director for f" it. - ?; !i? - *' uic umversiiy, uat proposed two u cost-of-living increases and a five percent merit raise for professors, s The increase is almost twice as a large as the increase received a during the previous fiscal year, Troublefield said. a The pay raises apply to ap- 1< proximately 400 faculty members at all state schools, except Francis h Marion College. & In June, when it appeared the $ 1978-1979 state budget bill would not be ready when the fiscal year [ T--1-- - *? ' ... aim icu, uuiy i, uie legislature mmm passed a resolution authorizing H ,d H Afl[VMGAt*6K*BAT I B H 3fcH|KAY?GCAT*fiMAT >d hUHB SAT f AT LSAT 1 hJKIiWM I t NATO, 8EHT BBS KttSSINfi BOS If [i. STANLEY M. KAPLAN B 11 KOUCATIOMALCSNTCli H 5r i T?t PwiiwHw IwcMiti Km ISM ? 10 Of N DAYS, EVENlttCS A WEEKENDS !1? " I m-.- m?Tz. *i- ? BEM j r%M rlVBBB l/lff. in j |j sre's a RILLY BIG I ortunity for dynamic, I industrious folks! I i Lramecock needs ?? vertising salesmen I forFall'78 R J?-, I itate employees to get pay raises it the rate anticipated in the )uagei Dill. Classified state employees thus eceived raises of about 13 percent. Because college professors are not :lassified employees, they were tbie to get much larger raises. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Rembert Dennis, who is >neof five members of the Budget tnd Control Board, said the state vould honor the contracts with irofessors. However, he added that state >fficials must warn college and iniversity faculty members not to expect such hefty raises next year. According to information eleased by the National Center for educational Statistics, the USC's average faculty pay is seventh out f the 10 major state-supported iniversities in the South. Bernard A. Deatwyler, system ice president for business and inance, said the highest salary for r full professor is $5,235 received y business administration and iw professors. The lowest salary or a full professor is $17,400, and be mean salary is $27,581. Associate professors receive a alary of $29,201 as the high, $13,826 s the low and $19,833 as the verage. Assistant professors earn $25,300 s the high salary and $11,516 is the >w. The average salary is $15,733. Instructors receive $18,023 as the ign salary and $8,733 as the low alary. The average salary is 13,141. MHBBjBfij?!^:::-;-';&:$!c!IBH^B3^^^KS ?>!w. W^h(lt? Britt Andnw - OAMKCOCK These bicycles are illegally parking their tired tires. Their owners can hardly be blamed for ignoring the law ? who has the time or talent to unscramble the posted legalese? Pl^l^IW^P^^^P^?:?ra?WiiliiBiBliBMV m <H 3H91VvH^^ffi ?T/T7\TAvrviivTYTIv*TTrTT^**T^^rt^W!^^^^^^^