Colleges Worry that Newly Hired Professors Earn Higher Salaries than Faculty Veterans.

Blum, Debra E.

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Colleges Worry that Newly Hired Professors Earn Higher Salaries than Faculty Veterans.

Blum, Debra E.

Chronicle of Higher Education, v36 n7 pA1,21 Oct 18 1989

New assistant or associate professors command more money than current professors with seniority or higher rank. This faculty-pay dilemma is known as "salary compression." Salary compression occurs when colleges are pressured by the job market to pay competitive salaries to attract scholars at lower ranks. (MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Faculty Recruitment, Higher Education, Incentives, Labor Market, Nontenured Faculty, Professors, Salary Wage Differentials, Teacher Salaries, Teacher Supply and Demand

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