Costs for attending colleges and universities continue to increase across the nation, which makes it inaccessible for more and more people. As students we constantly hear that increases in tuition and fees comes from the decrease in state funding and factors outside of the University's hands. Further, faculty and staff, in particular adjunct faculty, are constantly told that the UNC system cannot afford to pay them more. Yet, the UNC Board of Governors managed to somehow find money to propose salary increases for some of the chancellors around the UNC system. Among them Chancellor Philip L. Dubois received a 19% increase and will get a base pay of $387,500 for his services. This pay increase came after the announcement that the new UNC system president would get paid $700,000 with a chance of bonuses is just another slap in the face of those who struggle to keep up with their school-related expenses. Therefore, as students, faculty, staff, and/or residents of North Carolina we request for Chancellor Philip L. Dubois to react to this pay increase in a way that will show that he stands with us. We ask him to reject his pay increase in the way that many administrators already did in 2014. If he feels obligated to receive the pay increase then we suggest for him to disperse his money to help increase the pay of faculty and staff that barely earn enough to live in the same way that Kentucky State University's Raymond Burse did in 2014. We also suggest for him to use that pay increase to start a scholarship foundation or to contribute to the existing scholarship funds in the University to make college affordable for many who struggle.
