The purpose of this policy (also referred to as the Edker Rule) is to avoid penalizing first-year faculty and staff members in the annual salary evaluation process who have not had sufficient time to establish a clear record of performance.
Faculty members who were appointed for the fall semester or for the following spring semester, and staff members who were appointed after October 31, will receive no less than the average percentage salary increase, regardless of their performance evaluation. However, if there is enough evidence compiled to rate their performance above average, they are eligible to receive an above-average increase. This average increase represents the average percentage increase for each faculty or staff member salary pool.
March 1994
Revised November 25, 2003
Revised March 2, 2010
Revised July 27, 2015
Reviewed January 28, 2025