With the growing demand for improving college completion rates has come a need for more thorough information about just how well or poorly colleges and their students are performing on a variety of measures. In a growing number of states, that data is being used to improve the number of students who finish their degrees. Some states and…

Gaps in faculty pay between private and public colleges and universities continue to widen, warned the American Association of University Professors in its annual report on the economic status of the profession. It is a divide, the group argues, that threatens the ability of public institutions to recruit and retain faculty members at all levels.…

Outrage over salaries for university executives is nothing new. Even presidents of often ignored regional public institutions are feeling public scorn these days. A September editorial in the "Gloucester County Times," a New Jersey newspaper, criticized bonuses received by two local university presidents. One of the leaders, Donald J. Farish,…

Describes how salaries at private colleges are growing ever greater than those at public institutions and the fears that important ideals in American higher education may be lost as a result. Includes tables on what professors earn overall and in individual institutions by state. (EV)

A survey based on tax return data shows that three presidents of private universities earned over $500,000 in pay and benefits in 1997; 46 earned over $300,000. The median at research universities was $351,453, a 6% increase. At baccalaureate colleges it was $179,322, up 4.1%. Some deferred-compensation payments skewed the figures slightly. (MSE)

A "Chronicle" survey of the pay and benefits offered to research and teaching assistants revealed a widening gap between public and private institutions. (Includes a table of stipends for graduate assistants at top research universities, and profiles of several graduate students' financial situations.) (EV)

Salary data gathered from 261 public and 478 private institutions are presented by rank (professor, associate professor, assistant professor, new assistant professor, and instructor) for 47 disciplines. (MSE)

National survey data on average salaries, perquisites, and fringe benefits provided to presidents of various college and university types are presented. Benefits include housing, relocation assistance, spouse assistance, car, travel and entertainment expenses, employment contracts, club or association memberships, and retirement assistance. (MSE)

Data from federal tax returns for 1994-95 filed by 479 of the nation's universities and colleges revealed the largest compensation package for college presidents was over $800,000. Most of the highest-paid were at research or doctoral institutions. Some received no pay or donated it to their college or religious order. Controversies over…

Compensation data, most drawn from federal tax forms, are given for the chief executives and 5 other highest-paid employees of 25 private universities. Compensation figures may include income from medical faculty clinical practice at university hospitals, severance, retirement, or other payments but do not reflect nontaxable earnings. (MSE)

Average faculty salaries in 47 disciplines are presented by rank for public and private institutions. Salaries for new assistant professors are displayed separately in addition to those for all assistant professors. (MSE)

Data on faculty salaries by rank (professor, associate professor, assistant professor, new assistant professor, and instructor) and sector are presented for 52 disciplines. Respondents were 281 public and 470 private institutions. (MSE)

The median administrator salaries and percentage changes from the previous year are reported for 88 administrative functions in public and private institutions and in universities, four-year colleges, and two-year colleges. (MSE)

A list that shows the compensation of chief executives and five highest-paid employees who are not officers, directors, or trustees of their institutions is presented. Most compensation figures were obtained from federal tax forms that private, tax-exempt colleges and universities must file annually. (MLW)

An annual survey of college faculty pay shows faculty in "hard-to-hire" disciplines such as engineering, accounting, physics, and computer science continue to command higher-than-average salaries, while disciplines recently at the bottom of the pay scale remain there. At all ranks except full professor, private college faculty earned more. (MSE)