Interinstitutional salary comparisons have proven to be a valuable planning tool for institutions seeking to achieve salary equity while maintaining accountability. (Editor/LBH)

Salary data gathered from 261 public and 478 private institutions are presented by rank (professor, associate professor, assistant professor, new assistant professor, and instructor) for 47 disciplines. (MSE)

Data are presented that reflect the relationship between salary and academic discipline, relationships between years in rank and salary, and the academic setting of the college of pharmacy and salary. Increases over the 1974-1975 period are shown, and implications of the statistics are discussed. (LBH)

This study explores the extent to which college and university faculty supplement their basic institutional salaries, and whether, after controlling for differences in human capital, productivity, and structural characteristics, the tendency to supplement salary and the amount of supplemental earnings varies between women and men. Data for the…

Addenda to the annual report on the economic status of college faculty included earnings data from the Census Bureau that compare 1978-79 academic salaries with 1978 salaries and earnings of similar groups of workers. (MLW)

This paper identifies the factors that influence the salary level of faculty in United States law schools and investigates the determinants of academic lawyers' professional consulting income. (LBH)

Review of 19 case studies of gender inequity in faculty salaries found inappropriate application of statistical procedures. An alternative, seven-step procedure for salary modeling and testing allegations of salary discrimination is outlined and applied in a case study of 725 faculty. (MSE)

A salary-equity lawsuit filed against Illinois State University begun by three women faculty has become a major court battle over sex discrimination, involving 80% of the university's female professors and many who have left the institution. Some see discrimination as pervasive at the university; others have few complaints but want to support…

Budget pressures, tightening labor markets, and increasing public interest should prompt colleges and universities to review their wage and salary programs. Many administrators have never been exposed to practices other than those common to higher education, and trustees with corporate experience may provide some insight. (Author/MSE)

The development and detail of a salary system at the University of South Carolina-Aiken that combines both merit and market inequity is described. Eleven principles of fairness are presented. (MLW)

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.…

Using data from a class action suit at the University of Minnesota, this paper shows the different costs arising from paying women a percentage increase on their actual salaries, versus paying them predicted salaries as if they were men. The political consequences of enacting these different equalization methods (without additional funding) are…

A discussion of use of multiple regression to analyze faculty salaries, specifically for job discrimination litigation, concludes that, although appropriate regression studies may not win a case, their deficiencies or absence can lose one. In addition, the more complex the salary structure, the more useful regression analysis can be. (MSE)

Offers a brief review of some issues of importance to the integration and development of women in faculty roles, including the wage gap and the dominant model used to explain it, the job market, mentoring, financial support for graduate students, and methodological trends in research. Notes implications for the future. (SR)

In sciences, postdoctoral fellowships have become the terminal academic credential for a research career. Positions are supposed to be temporary, but amount to a holding pattern for many unable to find permanent jobs in research or needing to assemble the required publishing record. Some institutions are beginning to acknowledge this problem and…