Chris Martin and other members of University of Northern Iowa’s faculty union were “astonished and disappointed” to learn that the university has put more than $1 million of general university support funds into the athletic department over the past two fiscal years. “We are completely astonished to discover this,” Martin said in the release. “This amount is equivalent to funding 10 or more tenure-track faculty positions, which we desperately need as many faculty positions have remained unfilled. It’s a gut punch to our high goals and expectations for UNI academics.”
