Using National Center for Education Statistics and American Association of University Professors data, this paper studies faculty substitution trends at four types of colleges. Findings indicate that price-related substitution exists in all types regardless of mission. Boosting lower rank salaries would not appreciably alter employment at these…

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)

This study used 10 years of personnel data of Michigan State University faculty to explore the returns in salary to seniority (the wage-tenure profile) and the degree to which these returns respond to entry-level salaries (or opportunity wages). Elasticities of senior-faculty salaries were estimated with respect to entry-level salaries, and…

The current trend toward academic gamesmanship, characterized by interinstitutional competition for faculty, gives the general public a superficial notion of academic excellence, deceives higher education supporters, deprives undergraduates of teaching that they are paying higher prices to receive, and gauges success by ephemeral standards.…

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)

A new program at Mercy College (New York) links faculty salaries to student enrollment and is designed to help the college through a financial crisis. Supporters see the policy as making good business sense, and faculty are finding ways to encourage students to enroll and persist. Critics feel the policy will encourage faculty to give higher…

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…

The ambiguity concerning the status and role of the academic librarian and its reflection in the salary disparity between librarians and teaching faculty, and the differences of opinion concerning the solution, are discussed. (MSE)

Argues that, although the high salaries of faculty "superstars" may disadvantage other faculty and staff, particularly in a period of downsizing, the more serious problem is the tradition of large discipline-based differences in faculty salaries which undermine the principles of merit-based compensation. Resentment of "superstar" salaries may have…

Charts and graphs illustrate trends in (1) values of college employee pension money invested in the stock market since 1990; (2) college spending on a variety of faculty fringe benefits in 1992-93, by institution type; and (3) the relationship between faculty salaries and the cost of living, 1986-87 to 1992-93. (MSE)

Compensation in higher education is an inclusive term, since all the benefits associated with teaching, research, work with people, and work with knowledge might be included. But in terms of purchasing power it appears that compensation for work in higher education has lost ground against inflation. In contrast, wage and salary earners in many…

Academic man is now, more than in earlier times, economic and political man. The parties interested in or affected by faculty salaries are: (1) faculty members; (2) other college employees; (3) executive officers and institutional boards of control; and (4) benefactors or funders, including students, philanthropists, state coordinating bodies,…

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)

It is critical to institutional health that college clerical and administrative employees have a sense of participation in the institution. Personnel policy incorporating the principle of comparable worth in salary determination will become essential as nonfaculty employees note discrepancies between faculty and nonfaculty employment practices.…

Keene State College's experience with establishing and implementing market-based faculty salary increases is described, focusing on faculty concerns about this and other equity issues. (MSE)