Comparable worth and pay equity issues are considered, along with implications for college institutional researchers. Comparable worth is generally defined as a policy of paying equal pay for work of comparable value. After discussing the issues and tracing relevant legislation, attention is directed to ways that the institutional research office…

A 10-year study of salary differential by sex was undertaken at the University of North Dakota using a multiple regression methodology, with rank, discipline, degree, years in department, years in current rank, and sex as predictors. The sex variable evidenced lower salaries for women when controlling for the other variables throughout the study…

This report on faculty salaries in Washington public higher education is divided into two parts: a status report and a commentary dealing with the questions emanating from an analysis of faculty salaries and fringe benefits. The status report provides background information on faculty salary recommendations made by the Council for Postsecondary…

The economic position of college faculty members is examined. It is suggested that a declining relative and absolute economic status for faculty has been in evidence for several years and shows no signs of abating. Faculty members are being forced to find ways to supplement their salaries through outside activities and second jobs. It is also…

The number of instructors in the Evening Colleges on the three Los Rios District campuses has grown from 550 in fall 1972 to 954 in fall 1975, a 73 percent increase. Of these instructors, there has been a 137 percent increase in the hiring of part-time instructors drawn from off-campus sources. Meanwhile, the percentage of full-time day faculty…

During 1975-76 Cuyahoga Community College surveyed 37 institutions in different parts of the country to obtain information on faculty compensation. Thirty institutions responded, of which 19 submitted separate information on part-time faculty remuneration, the focus of this report. Part-time remuneration data for 1975-76 are compared to data for…

In order to elicit data on faculty compensation, Cuyahoga Community College sent questionnaires to 34 community college districts representing 117 colleges. The sample represented all geographic regions of the country and all ages of institutions, but institutions selected were primarily urban colleges with large or medium-sized enrollments.…

This preliminary summary report gives comparative data as to the salary and rank of Ithaca College fulltime faculty, with special regard to the status of women within that faculty. Data is based on all college comparison, comparison with humanities and sciences, WHealth, Physical Education, Recreation and music, comparisons within the Allied…

Using the quartile deviation of faculty salary data as a measure of institutional quality, the authors ranked the 138 major universities designated by AAUP as Class I institutions. Since the results were similar to other ranking systems and salary data are readily available, it is argued that studies of salaries hold promise as measures of…

Findings indicate the greater importance of intrauniversity location in determining the salaries of academic men compared to women. For some types of locations, the salary returns are dependent primarily upon attainment levels, and in almost all cases, these effects are more marked for men. (Author/CT)

Average faculty salaries in 47 disciplines are presented by rank for public and private institutions. Salaries for new assistant professors are displayed separately in addition to those for all assistant professors. (MSE)

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)

The organizational structure and functions of Britain's statutory body to negotiate postsecondary faculty salaries in locally controlled institutions are outlined. Trends in salaries and in the committee's degree of control over the distribution of funds are examined, and it is concluded that the committee has not been allowed to be effective.…

Previous findings indicate that faculty on the average earn greater compensation increases at unionized institutions than at nonunionized colleges and universities. More recent data suggest that while increases favoring unionized faculty continue in public four-year colleges and independent institutions, they may have stabilized at public…

The effects of sex, race, experience, publications, and other variables on salaries were analyzed for all faculty and for a smaller subsample at a large public university. Sex discrimination accounted for 17 percent of the subsample's and 41 percent of all faculty's differences in males' and females' salaries. (RW)