Higher education frequently uses weighted mean faculty salaries to compare either across institutions, or to evaluate an institution's salary growth over time. Unfortunately, faculty salaries are an extraordinarily complex phenomenon that cannot be legitimately reduced to a single number any more than the academic construct of skills, knowledge,…

Prompted by two recent studies (Knight, 2001; Trower & Chalt, 2002), this inquiry sought to determine whether the unhurried national diversity trends have been as sluggish at the University of South Florida (USF), in Tampa, Florida. To provide a broader perspective, this study extends to faculty, staff and students, and considers both local…