The mood of students on campus is split, he said. “Some are very concerned, some have taken up arms with the faculty.”
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Temporary instructors could include administrators with master’s degrees or qualified members of the WSU alumni community.
"What we do now will become the WSU legacy for generations to come.”
"I just know if we get our kids’ confidence right, there’s not a game we can’t win for sure.”
"As our faculty retire or as they get jobs elsewhere — because many of them are looking now — nobody will want to come and take a job here."
Student body President Daniel Palmer said that the union’s decision would kill student morale and harm the university’s reputation.
WSU says they will be able to replace over 500 faculty members during a strike, should it happen.
The last best offer implemented by the board was not a “negotiating tactic,” spokesman Seth Bauguess said in a prepared statement.
At this point, the decision as to whether or not the union and administration will reconvene negotiations is up to Schrader, said Noeleen McIlvenna.
"Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions, and the value of the degrees that our students earn is defined in no small measure by the professional contributions of our faculty.”