Hitting faculty up for donations when you stiffed them for raises….

Those emails get deleted instantly.

Yeah, I have not worked for Purdue for over a decade, but have received solicitations for donations which reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of the kind of relationship we have.

Agreed, but I feel this way about ANY soliciation from my employer for money: you guys already don't pay me what I'd make in industry, the delta between my industry salary and my current salary is as much of a donation to you that I'm willing to make.

Our development office sent out a “remember us in your estate planning!” email to faculty — right at the height of the first wave of COVID. I guess they wanted to get in on the action in case we all succumbed to the plague.

I once put a dime in an envelope and submitted that as my contribution. I also asked for a tax receipt. 'We don't give out tax receipts for amounts under x' 'ok, then take the dime downtown and see if you can buy some class' They don't bother me any more.

This happened at my community college. The former president had a pet cause that was going to cost a lot of money. A lot of students actually shared the cause, so the cause itself wasn't the problem. But the president actually sent an email to faculty (not sure if classified s...

The reason for this is data manipulation. Colleges supposedly get better ranking if their employees donates. Cruel metric as better schools pay more, making it theoretically easier to donate.

Long-time (decades) standard operating procedure here over multiple presidents. Now they have started creaming 4-6% off the top of any donation to subsidize general administration. I'm guessing that is headed for 10% over the next five years as the ship slowly sinks beneath th...

But wait, there's more! On top of the unpaid labor they expect of you in general, you also get explicit invitations to volunteer for student move-in, parents' weekend, big game days, or graduation week family events! So many ways to "give back to the community"!

After a devastating natural disaster took my home, the university solicited donations from me and other faculty for a fund to support victims of the natural disaster--after denying me any benefits from said fund.

The audacity is honestly impressive. Like you already take the difference between what I'm worth and what you pay me. Consider that my donation. Delete and move on every time.

I think it’s outrageous regardless of whether or not faculty get raises. Employers asking for handouts from employees is absolutely disgusting.

One year, they called my cell phone to ask for donations. The caller ID was from the university, so I assume it was some kind of emergency. I told them to remove me from the list (which I guess they did because it never happened again).

This is illegal some places, and should be everywhere

The last time we downsized they announced cuts to 10% of the faculty on a Friday, and on Monday I found a solicitation for the university’s general fund the next Monday. Not great timing

it's like, read the room bro

I got one in my campus mailbox while I was a grad student.

Why would anyone anywhere at any job give their employer money?

Every year for years and years. lol.

Oh man our administration took a big professional development day to reveal their latest master plan: a scholarship totally funded by faculty donations. That semester we got like five different emails reminding us how important the success of this scholarship was, and how we ...

I mean, they hit up graduates for donations after jacking up tuition, increasing class sizes, and charging them fees for facilities that will be built in the future. So, by contrast, asking professors for donations doesn't seem quite so outlandish, does it?

My “favorite” fundraiser was when my grad school dept. at a large state university hit up its members, including the grad students, to fund the new break room microwave. They couldn’t use state funds for that. Somehow, I can’t see this happening under our current chair, who do...

...thank goodness this is something I am too European to understand

John Mulaney (a former student rather than faculty, granted) [hits the bullseye on this issue](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vEYx0XC8Nag).

Retired now but that exact thing happened at our school. University wide all hands meeting (faculty and staff) and we expected announcement of raises. But the president asked everyone to pledge to the foundation. I was so mad. Interesting that it happens all over.

“We need to make it to 100% for the United Way! What will we do it we can’t color the thermometer all the way?!” So they want to tax my earnings that I donate for their tax write off? Kick Rocks University

Our former dean liked to brag about faculty participation so he could see WHO gave money but not how much. We all reduced our donations drastically.

The only time this worked on me is when our dean stood up & said he'd like a donation of $1 from each faculty member, to the college scholarship fund, so he could approach oue donors & show our faculty fully support our mission. He did exactly that & got a ton of l...

I always joke that I’m going to pledge a percentage of that year’s merit raise (which have only been granted a few times during my tenure).

It always cracks me up when my university solicits donations from faculty. Like, hey guys, you seem to misunderstand our relationship here. I trade my labor for your cash. Why would I give some of it back? That would be like taking a voluntary paycut.

Yeah and even makes departments and schools compete with each other to see who donates the most. Blech!

My university requires some staff to crowd fund their salaries and benefits. They have a crowd funding platform that people seeking donations use twice a year. Imagine wondering every 6 months if your contract will continue. UC Berkeley, btw.

The Human Fund ...money for people

Easy solution: give me a raise, and I will donate 50% of the additional funds over a period of three days. Take it out of my surplus value, bourgeioisiieiieoie swine.

Yeah that's shameless

It's common. Happens to us all the time.

Yeah we have a ... well I won't say the name exactly. But every year, around now. They EMPLOY me. Give back? When we haven't had a raise?

I got a bold new variant today: a university wide email asking for stem cell donors because an alum, or a relative, or someone, needs them. My only regret is I'm too ancient for them to want my cells so I never got the chance to tell them to go to hell. :(

Our current president at least gets us raises most years. I’m at a community college and we get foundation emails pretty regularly. Delete. Mark as spam and eventually they automatically delete. Why the fuck would I give money back so they can funnel it to athletics nobody g...

They did this at a Milwaukee, WI R1 that I was formerly at. Hell no.

To quote Nancy Reagan: "Just say no."

Even though our foundation touts having a program for students in need, we've had problems with our foundation being really stingy when I send students for assistance. I once personally went to meet with the director of the foundation to advocate for a student. The foundation...

Arrogance or just a financially troubled institution continuing to cut corners? Not supporting it but it doesn't surprise me that an institution that can't afford raises might also be looking for donations. Seems pretty congruent.