The AAUP, in publishing salary and compensation averages each year for individual institutions and for categories of institutions, should alert readers to the shortcomings of the data for various purposes, and especially for comparisons between institutions and between categories of institutions and sexes on a nationwide basis. (LBH)

Average faculty compensation at institutions reporting comparable data both this year and last increased by 6.4 percent; consumer prices increased by 7 percent between the two years. Related statistics are presented on faculty status, females, medical schools, librarians, and financial problems. (LBH)

The economic status is dominated by the struggle to maintain faculty compensation in the face of continuing inflation, leveling enrollments, and constant or shrinking sources of non-tuition income for colleges and universities. This report is based on data from 2,600 campuses covering the compensation and tenure status of about 360,000 full-time…

The single salary schedule (SSS), based on a fixed schedule of salary steps within each academic rank and a normal time-in-step specification for each salary step, is shown to be more equitable than the contract salary system (CSS), wherein each faculty member negotiates an annual salary with the employing institution. (LBH)

Data collected in an AAUP survey are presented in 19 tables showing salaries and fringe benefits for various ranks of faculty at different types of institutions. (LBH)

Comparative data are presented on the earnings of part-and full-time faculty and a discussion is provided of whether the evidence justifies the assertion that part-timers are paid less than proportionally to full-timers. Discussed are the part-time labor market, hiring, and fringe benefits. (LBH)