Pa. Faculty Union Pushes Back Against Plan to Cut Extra Pay for Online Teaching - Alisha Azevedo, Chronicle of Higher Ed

A proposal to phase out incentive pay for teaching online learning courses has become a sticking point in contract negotiations between the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the system’s faculty union. The professors receive $800 per credit for each online course, as well as $25 per student taking the course, to cover the time they spent developing the materials or learning new technology tools. They also receive extra payments if the course is reused in following years, said Stephen Hicks, president of the union, the Association of Pennsylvania State Colleges and University Faculties. Some faculty members have said they would stop teaching online courses if the extra compensation were phased out, he added. http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/pa-faculty-union-pushes-back-against-plan-to-cut-extra-pay-for-online-teaching/40670