Data from an annual national survey indicate that college faculty salaries increased just 0.4 percent when adjusted for inflation, with variation by faculty rank and institution type. Recession and negative public opinion are blamed. Public college faculty salaries increased less than private college salaries, broadening an existing gap.…

An American Association of University Professors report finds the highest one-year gains (above inflation) in over a decade in faculty's "real salaries" in 1997-98. While salaries have not returned to 1970s predecline levels, the generally upward trend is continuing. The report also compares faculty salaries with those of others at…

Trends in college faculty salaries in Australia since 1967 are examined, in real terms, for several academic ranks and in comparison with salaries of scientists, senior public service administrators and managers, and public service engineers. Faculty salary losses since a 1973 high are substantial, both over time and in comparison with other…

Disciplinary and rank salary differences in higher education are immense and growing, and neither a marketplace nor a uniform approach explains or guides the setting of academic salaries. Salary differences must be prevented from generating feelings of second-class citizenship to maintain a common purpose among faculty. (MSE)

While faculty salaries rose more overall, there are continuing signs of salary compression, with lower-ranking faculty getting larger raises than higher-ranking faculty, and faculty continue to lose purchasing power. (MSE)

The status of comparable worth pay in federal courts is reviewed, state activity on this issue as it relates to higher education institutions is discussed, and practical and institutional problems in implementing comparable worth pay policy at colleges and universities are examined. (MSE)

If Australian universities are to be competitive in the global market for college faculty, salaries and career prospects across disciplines and institutions must be improved. Award restructuring will strengthen career structures, but this restructuring must not be limited to lower levels of the profession to be effective. (MSE)

The American Association of University Professors' annual survey of college and university faculty salaries, by academic rank, institution type and size, gender, and geographic region and in relation to the consumer price index, is reported. Extensive data tables track changes and percentile distributions; one table presents average salaries for…

Australia's efforts to restructure college personnel remuneration represent more than changes in salaries. They are an attempt to reform an outdated hierarchy of jobs, lack of recognition of job skills, limited access to promotion, and minimal professional development and to offer better opportunities and a fairer and more consistent…

Tables and narrative analysis are presented for salary trends for all ranks of college faculty in 2,532 public and private institutions. Slight real increases in salary are found, with public institutions behind private colleges. In the past decade, faculty salaries have fallen behind those in the private sector. (MSE)

Data are presented for the 1994-95 and 1995-96 salary and 1995-96 fringe benefits of the chief executive and five highest-paid individuals (faculty or administrators) at 477 private colleges and universities. Data are drawn from institutional tax forms. For each institution, total 1995-96 institutional expenditures are also listed. The list of…

Although a casual analysis might suggest that a faculty member cannot afford a two-term sabbatical leave, factors affecting income loss from sabbaticals have changed. These include an increase in the number of two-income households, general increases in salary levels, and substantial revisions in federal tax law. Income loss from sabbaticals,…

An annual survey shows that, for the second year in a row, increases in college faculty salaries have outpaced those of consumer prices. Also, for the first time in 13 years, public college faculty earned bigger raises than their private college counterparts. Data are presented by institution for each faculty rank. (MSE)

An analysis of state college and university faculty salaries by region, rank, and discipline during a seven-year period is reported. It reveals that the ranges among salaries have been increasing. (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)