PoliGraph weighs in on the Zellers pay flap

For a little history on faculty pay in Minnesota, check out PoliGraph's look at Rep. Kurt Zellers' (R-Maple Grove) claim that professors were enjoying pay raises of 20-30 percent.

Verdict:

In some instances, college faculty saw pay increases in the last couple of years. But the majority of Minnesota's public school professors have been working under pay freezes and pay cuts.

Zellers' claim is false.

Read the full piece here.

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