Faculty pay is a big part of college budgets, but it is not what has driven tuition increases. In this article, the author talks about faculty pay and examines why it is accounted for large increases in college tuition. According to the 2004 American Association of University Professors report that although faculty and staff salary increases…

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.…

Wisconsin's stagnating state higher-education budget has forced the university to keep faculty salaries far below average. When professors get feelers from elsewhere, they learn that a move can easily mean a 100-percent salary increase--sometimes more. Budget problems have also depleted money for perks that keep faculty members on board--funds for…

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,…

This article reports the results of a survey conducted by "The Chronicle" that examined college presidents' compensation. The survey found a 53-percent increase in presidents' compensation. While the salaries do not have an eye-popping quotient as those of corporate CEOs'--whose median compensation was just over $6 million among the 350 largest US…

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)

Three charts present trends in graphical form, including (1) pension funds invested in common stocks by the College Retirement Equities Fund (1989-92); (2) number of female college presidents (1992) by type of institution (public or private, two- or four-year); (3) faculty pay and cost of living compared to the Consumer Price Index (1985-92). (DB)

In at least ten states, often those with the lowest public-college faculty salaries, higher-education leaders have made more-competitive faculty salaries a top legislative priority this year. Many of the proposals have encountered resistance from governors and state legislators who have other budgetary priorities or who feel that public-college…

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)

An annual national survey of college faculty salaries found faculty at public institutions faring better than those at private schools, with the latter receiving smaller raises than last year. The survey's focus is on undergraduate programs. Engineering faculty had the highest and nursing faculty the lowest average salaries. Average salaries, by…

Data from a national survey of average faculty salaries include averages by rank within each institution, arrayed by state; averages within institutions without academic ranks; national averages by rank and institutional classification; and national averages by sector and institution type, giving one-year percentage increases. (MSE)

National data on average faculty salaries, by rank, institution type (doctoral, comprehensive, baccalaureate, and two-year), and sector (public, private, and church-related) are tabulated and one-year increases are noted. (MSE)

An annual national study found that the eight-year trend for engineering faculty to earn more than their colleagues in other disciplines may be ending in a few years, with professors in business-related fields moving toward a salary advantage. Private college salary gains outpaced those at public institutions this year. (MSE)

Data presented include a graph comparing College Retirement Equities Fund progress with a major stock price index, 1990-93; a table of median salaries of chief academic and executive officers at public, private, and church-related colleges, by enrollment; and a comparison of faculty salaries and the Consumer Price Index, 1986-87 to 1991-92. (MSE)