The National Education Association affiliate in the state of Florida--the United Faculty of Florida--gave the Board of Regents of Florida's State University System a report that documented inequities in hiring, rank and salary, promotion, and pay for women and minorities. The conditions that necessitated the study are detailed. (MLW)

This study examined attitudes among faculty of Florida State University (FSU) toward an established merit pay system and in particular whether faculty were more comfortable with a merit system which included departmentally developed criteria. Union and administration had agreed on a merit pay system in 1984 which included faculty and departmental…