We host monthly meetings, write open letters, and work with UF Governance and faculty groups in our advocacy efforts
2024-2025 Year-End Summary
This annual letter summarizes our accomplishments over the past year and serves as a historical record for our chapter. Membership and Recruitment Our dues-paying membership…
Reclaiming Gallaudet’s Mission, Together
Gallaudet’s administration is suspending core majors like Math, History, and Spanish without faculty input or proper process, violating both the Faculty Handbook and federal standards.…
2023 salary data show stark inequities between Gallaudet administrator and faculty pay
Gallaudet administrators are among the higher-paid university administrators in the Washington, DC area, while Gallaudet faculty are among the lowest paid, according to 2023 federal…
Our survey results suggest a campus climate of limited freedom of expression and lack of confidence in the administration
Many faculty respondents did not feel safe expressing their viewpoints, a majority had no confidence in the administration, and many reported looking for other jobs.…
2023-2024 Year-End Summary
This annual letter summarizes our accomplishments over the past year and serves as a historical record. Membership and Recruitment Our dues-paying membership grew from 52…
The loss of regular COLAs to counter inflation has caused a steep decline in faculty and staff real wages
Faculty and staff baseline real wages have declined by nearly 40% since 2001 because inflation has caused our dollars to have less buying power. Most…
Changes to the food and drink employee discount show the administration’s continued lack of transparency and accountability
On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, Gallaudet University released President Cordano’s pre-recorded State of the University address. In it, she emphasized the importance of communication in…
The administration’s sudden staff layoffs show continued disregard for transparency and indifference toward employees
The Gallaudet AAUP has verified reports of sudden employee layoffs. These layoffs are surprising, given that just last September 27, President Cordano publicly declared, “I…
Forensic Audit Results Summary by GU-AAUP Executive Committee
On August 17, 2023, Dr. Howard Bunsis, an expert in university finances, presented his findings from a forensic audit of Gallaudet using publicly available data.…
Gallaudet AAUP’s Executive Committee Supports FoCC’s Concerns about Faculty Summer Work Groups
Gallaudet AAUP’s Executive Committee has reviewed a letter sent on May 9, 2023 to administrators from the Faculty of Color Coalition (FoCC) Subcommittee Leadership Team,…
2022-2023 Year-End Summary
This annual letter summarizes our accomplishments over the past year and serves as a historical record. Membership and Recruitment Our dues-paying membership grew from 29…
Top administrator salaries have ballooned over the past two decades, while faculty’s have decreased. This is not fiscal austerity
The upward trajectory of administrator salaries does not reflect Gallaudet’s declining enrollment or an ongoing state of financial emergency. The Gallaudet AAUP chapter analyzed the…
Gallaudet severely underpays its faculty while staff and administrators are paid fairly for Washington, DC
We urge the Gallaudet administration to correct the faculty salary gap. The administration could award merit increases (MIs) and adjust individual salaries. Gallaudet needs competitive…
Gallaudet should not cut academic programs or faculty as a budget-balancing tactic
Therefore, we disagree that reductions in programs and faculty will save Gallaudet money over the long term. Reducing program offerings would reduce our ability to…
Gallaudet has achieved gender pay parity for most faculty ranks
Our analysis shows that Gallaudet has achieved better pay parity between genders than our peer institutions, that is, there is no significant representation or pay…
Our salary analysis shows that Gallaudet faculty are currently underpaid relative to peers
We urge the Gallaudet administration to take immediate and definitive steps to correct the current salary shortfall. Competitive salaries are essential for retaining, recruiting, and motivating…
2021-2022 Year-End Summary
The purpose of this annual letter is to take a moment to reflect on what we’ve accomplished over the past year. This summary also becomes…
Gallaudet faculty are bilingual, bicultural, and experts in our fields. It is time that the University compensates us fairly
We ask the administration to revisit its commitment to the Gallaudet Promise, reconsider the quality of the Ernst & Young analysis, and resume regular and…
