(INVESTIGATION) “Livelihoods are Being Attacked”: Whitman Employees Struggle to Navigate Rising Expenses and Stagnating Salaries

(INVESTIGATION) “Livelihoods are Being Attacked”: Whitman Employees Struggle to Navigate Rising Expenses and Stagnating Salaries

*Avery Doe, Professors Martin, Garland, Newman, White and Clark are pseudonyms to protect source anonymity. On Oct. 21 faculty and staff were notified over email that Whitman College is introducing a new health care coverage plan that will raise prices for monthly premiums. Rising premiums follow national trends, but these changes come in the midst of faculty losing out on raises this year, course load reductions for non-tenure track professors,…