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Academe, 2011
According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Great Recession began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009. With a duration of eighteen months, this recession was almost double the length of the average post-World War II economic downturn. Although the worst recession since the Great Depression is now technically over, this analysis…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Economic Climate, Economic Status, Economic Impact
Mattson, Kevin; Bernt, Joseph – Academe, 2008
In this article, the authors argue that huge administrative salaries are bad for morale and for higher education's image. They discuss the results of their study on the current salary of all members of their university. The authors found out that in the past two years, the salaries of professors had flat lined, not always keeping up with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Presidents, Administration, Salaries

Bergmann, Barbara R. – Academe, 1985
The applicability of the principle of comparable pay for comparable worth is discussed for college faculty jobs, not only for alleviation of sex discrimination but also for eliminating bias-related discrepancies between departments or specialties. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Departments, Educational Economics

Sojka, Gary A. – Academe, 1985
The difficulty for an institution of finding a balance between traditional faculty compensation practices and free labor market practices that raise the salaries of faculty in high-demand disciplines in government, industry, and education is discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Competition, Educational Economics

Thompson, Karen – Academe, 1992
Issues arising from the increasing use of part-time college faculty as an institutional cost-management strategy are discussed, including implications for faculty joining unions, tenure, governance and administrative hierarchy, faculty workload, quality of education, and public confidence in higher education. The trend is seen as ultimately…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Faculty, Costs
LaRocco, Susan A. – Academe, 2006
In 1999, most deans of nursing schools that belonged to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing reported that they did not have a faculty shortage. By 2005, however, 75 percent of U.S. nursing schools cited faculty shortages as the major reason for denying admission to qualified students. The average age of nurse educators holding PhDs is…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Health Occupations, Faculty Recruitment, Labor Turnover

Friedberg, Ruth Ann; Chapman, Margaret L. – Academe, 1993
A survey of college faculty revealed that the Tax Reform Act of 1986, designed to make taxes simpler and more equitable, has increased the taxes of over half the respondents and decreased the tax liability of only 9%. Results also suggest that faculty bear a significant portion of the expenses associated with their profession. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Costs, Economic Change

Bell, Linda A. – Academe, 2000
Analysis reported in this annual report concludes that while faculty salaries have increased after adjusting for inflation, the gap between faculty salaries and those of others with similar education has widened significantly. Twenty-three tables detail conclusions of Committee Z on the Economic Status of the Profession and the national survey…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Economics, Higher Education, National Surveys

Badgett, M. V. Lee – Academe, 1994
At most colleges and universities, fringe benefits are offered only to married faculty. Requiring marriage for benefit eligibility discriminates against all unmarried couples, homosexual or heterosexual. Resistance to providing benefits to unmarried couples is declining, but both gay and straight couples will have to lobby together for domestic…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Family (Sociological Unit), Fringe Benefits, Higher Education

Hansen, W. Lee – Academe, 1988
The role of merit pay is examined in the contexts of two different faculty salary systems, and the interaction of the salary system and assessment of individual merit to produce particular patterns of faculty mobility is discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Mobility, Faculty Promotion

Constantine, Jill M. – Academe, 1994
Statistics suggest that, despite ongoing financial difficulties, the rate of graduation from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is improving, and students of these colleges have higher average wages than similar individuals who did not attend college or who attended non-HBCUs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment, Employment Patterns

Rosen, Gerald H.; Perrin, Robert – Academe, 1992
The Teachers Insurance and Annuities Association's (TIAA) College Retirement and Equity Fund is criticized for its low returns and its chief executive officer's recent salary raise. It is said to be in need of additional regulation and policyholder involvement. A TIAA vice president responds that the analysis given is inaccurate and misleading.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, Business Cycles, College Faculty
Ehrenberg, Ronald G. – Academe, 2004
By last spring, most faculty members at public institutions of higher education were justifiably pessimistic about their likely salary increases for the 2003-04 academic year. Many states were running large budget deficits for the second or third year in a row and no longer had reserves to draw upon to balance their budgets. These shortfalls…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Financial Problems, Teacher Salaries, Economic Status

Hornig, James F. – Academe, 1995
A Dartmouth College (New Hampshire) professor comments on the value of study abroad programs, not only for students but also for faculty. Issues for the institution to consider in designing an overseas program are discussed, including academic purpose, costs, unique administrative problems, implications for tenure-track faculty, compensation…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Admission Criteria, College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration)