R-N RA pay system to stay same
Nicole Pfleger
Issue date: 3/27/07 Section: Life & Leisure
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Rutgers-New Brunswick will be instituting a new pay system for university residential assistants due to the merging of the five campuses. But housing officials at Rutgers-Newark said the RA pay system will stay the same, despite the school's possible merger with the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
According to an article in the Daily Targum, New Brunswick's daily newspaper, the campus in New Brunswick is switching its RA pay system because each school had their own independent pay system and a more unified method of payment was necessary.
"Before the merger, each residential college had different expectations of RAs, including different job descriptions and different numbers of students to support on different campuses, " said Joan Carbone, the executive director of Residence Life for the campus in New Brunswick. "As a result, pay received by RAs differed from campus to campus." Carbone said that all RAs will be paid room and board, and apartment assistants will be paid the cost of their apartment.
Jason Fredericks, the director for Housing and Residence Life at R-N said the pay system at the campus in New Brunswick is different than both Newark and Camden because the housing programs are very different.
"We have no plans to make any changes," Fredericks said. He said if the merger in Newark does take place, it will happen in next three years. Even so, he said, R-N is not planning on making any changes in the pay compensation for RAs.
R-N pays for housing and meal plans for their RAs and area directors, Fredericks said.
NJIT compensates their RAs and community assistants by giving them a single room, $600 per semester in flex dollars for a meal plan and a $250 per month stipend. Though the room setup is different, R-N RAs also receive $250 a month in flex dollars. The pay compensation for R-N and NJIT is almost identical, so there would be no need for a change if the campuses do merge, Fredericks said.
According to an article in the Daily Targum, New Brunswick's daily newspaper, the campus in New Brunswick is switching its RA pay system because each school had their own independent pay system and a more unified method of payment was necessary.
"Before the merger, each residential college had different expectations of RAs, including different job descriptions and different numbers of students to support on different campuses, " said Joan Carbone, the executive director of Residence Life for the campus in New Brunswick. "As a result, pay received by RAs differed from campus to campus." Carbone said that all RAs will be paid room and board, and apartment assistants will be paid the cost of their apartment.
Jason Fredericks, the director for Housing and Residence Life at R-N said the pay system at the campus in New Brunswick is different than both Newark and Camden because the housing programs are very different.
"We have no plans to make any changes," Fredericks said. He said if the merger in Newark does take place, it will happen in next three years. Even so, he said, R-N is not planning on making any changes in the pay compensation for RAs.
R-N pays for housing and meal plans for their RAs and area directors, Fredericks said.
NJIT compensates their RAs and community assistants by giving them a single room, $600 per semester in flex dollars for a meal plan and a $250 per month stipend. Though the room setup is different, R-N RAs also receive $250 a month in flex dollars. The pay compensation for R-N and NJIT is almost identical, so there would be no need for a change if the campuses do merge, Fredericks said.
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