Reports on a faculty evaluation system used at the College of Business Administration of the University of Georgia. Data analyzed included effects of publications, teaching experience, departmental affiliation, school from which Ph.D. was granted, and teaching effectiveness on faculty member's salaries. (Author/DB)

Examines the salaries of full-time faculty at the University of North Florida to determine if differences exist between salaries for white faculty and black faculty, and determines the extent to which black and white faculty differ in productivity. No evidence of discrimination against blacks is found. (Author/JM)

Examined the extent to which labor-market conditions and the sex-composition of academic disciplines influenced average disciplinary salaries, based on the average, full-time 1988-89 salaries of new assistant professors for 16 academic disciplines. Findings from both cross-sectional and dynamic models indicated that both labor-market conditions…

A new salary survey highlights concerns about the growing pay gap between professional-school faculty members and everyone else. Offers a table of average faculty salaries by field at 4-year institutions. (EV)

Examines gender-based differences in job satisfaction among faculty in journalism and mass communication. Finds that women faculty members receive less pay but have the same degree of job satisfaction as men. (RS)

In assessing sex-discrimination suit damages, debate rages over the type and number of variables included in a single-equation model of the salary-determination process. This article considers single- and multiple-equation models, providing 36 different damage calculations. For University of Minnesota data, equalization cost hinges on the…

A cross-sectional study of 842 faculty who served as department heads between 1965-92 was compared with 170 in a panel study for whom earnings were estimated using a personal effects model. The average chair received a 12% wage premium for administrative service. Skill depreciation was most severe and wage growth most adversely affected in the…

Focusing on research universities, this study examines historical patterns in faculty salaries, recent evidence on salaries, the tenuous connection between salaries and performance, and the role of salaries in effective academic-reward systems. Administrative implications for salary policies that improve productivity are also examined. (Author/MSE)

Information on salaries paid to faculty in higher education in 1977-78 is presented. Data were obtained by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in its 1977-78 Higher Education General Information Survey. Only the salaries paid to faculty employed on 9-month regular academic year contracts are presented. Salary information is…

Women who are employed receive lower salaries on the average than men. The differences in faculty salaries are investigated in relation to the extent these differences can be explained by relatively objective factors, such as lack of the Ph.D. and differences in performance, and to what extent they appear to be the result of discrimination. Using…

This document reports on comparative salaries for men and women at Washburn University of Topeka, Kansas. A standard multiple linear regression equation was developed from data supplied. Using the factors of years at Washburn, degree, and rank, a "line of best fit" formula was developed which would predict a salary that could be…

This Affirmative Action Plan was designed to eliminate discrimination against women at the University of Pennsylvania. Thirteen steps are recommended: (1) issue a public statement recognizing the existence of discrimination against women at the University; (2) instruct the committee on the budget and inform the President's and Provost's staff…

This study reports on salary schedules in effect at institutions of higher education that grant the 4-year bachelor's degree or higher degrees. The information given here is derived from the salary schedules supplied by the institutions. The first section of this report contains an overview of the characteristics of the salary schedules in 172…

A study of the relationship between faculty unionization and salaries in Ontario's universities during 1975-1983 suggests that unionization has not had a significant impact on relative salary structures there. (MSE)

Colleges and universities can employ several statutory defenses to alleged pay disparities and demonstrate that there are legitimate reasons for pay differentials. Several preventive strategies in response to the emerging legal terrain of equal pay litigation are suggested. (Author/MLW)