Iowa IHEs Find It's Cheaper To Pay Faculty Millions In Overload Fees

Iowa’s three state universities paid professors a combined $3.4 million in bonuses for teaching beyond their required course loads in the year that ended June 30. Iowa’s state schools paid 613 professors overload in fiscal 2011, according to information The Gazette obtained through an Open Records request. These bonuses of $25 to $47,000 covered duties that ranged from announcing at a wrestling tournaments to teaching several extra courses. University officials say paying experienced faculty to teach overload is cheaper than hiring new professors and limits the use of adjuncts or graduate assistants. Read more at:
http://thegazette.com/2011/11/29/universities-overload-pay-cheaper-than-hiring-more-faculty/