Academy for Academic Personnel Administration
Fall 2003
Round Table Report
1. Institution Information
Name of Institution/System: Rider University
Name of Individual Responding: Dr. Jim Castagnera
Title of Individual Responding: Associate Provost
2a. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
250 full-time
100 part-time
Faculty
Professional Librarians
Professional Athletic Staff
Date of First Contract: 1973
Number of Succeeding Contracts: 10
2b. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
Number of Succeeding Contracts:
2c. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
Number of Succeeding Contracts:
2d. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
Number of Succeeding Contracts:
3. Activity Report (e.g., status of current agreement or negotiations, details of last contract settlement, etc.):
2002-2007 Agreement entered October 1, 2002, effective back to September 1, 2002, until Sept. 1, 2007.
4. Special or noteworthy happenings (e.g., relevant arbitration or court decisions, organizing campaigns, labor agency decisions, etc.)
New University President, August 15, 2003. First president hired from outside the University since 1968.
5. Special happenings related to fiscal issues (e.g., salary reductions, health and dental insurance costs, reductions in force, early retirement programs, program consolidation or elimination, etc.):
New group health insurance plan, negotiated in summer 2002, effective January 1, 2004.