Faculty promotion and salary policies at the University of Texas at Austin are analyzed to determine whether male and female faculty members are rewarded equally for equal academic qualifications and performances. This regression analysis tends to support the discrimination hypothesis with respect to both promotion and salary policies. (Author/LBH)

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…

Data on faculty salaries by rank (professor, associate professor, assistant professor, new assistant professor, and instructor) and sector are presented for 52 disciplines. Respondents were 281 public and 470 private institutions. (MSE)

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…

Simple comparisons of average salaries for junior and senior faculty can not indicate whether the differential is declining, because there is no standard for comparison. A simple five-step regression analysis procedure is proposed to investigate salary compression. Analysis of 1990-91 faculty salary data for the University of Minnesota indicates…

The purpose of the study reported here was to determine whether or not salary expenditures may be driving the rapid increase in higher education expenditures overall. Using data from the Finance Survey of the Integrated Postsecondary Data System, the study examined figures for fiscal year 1988 through fiscal year 1991. The changing relationship…

In response to legislative directive, this report presents salary information for part- and full-time faculty in the California Community Colleges for the 1993-94 fiscal year. Part 1 presents an executive summary, indicating that the estimated average salary for full-time faculty in 1993-94 is $50,546, a 1.2% increase from 1992-1993; that the…

Eastern Washington University (EWU) designed a plan to resist faculty salary compression. Salary compression occurs when cost of living increases fail to keep pace with salaries in the external market thus, when new faculty are hired at or near market rates, they will often have salaries higher than senior faculty with equivalent academic…

The study tests the impact of labor market conditions for college professors on their migration behavior between academic institutions and on income gains from migration during 1960-68. A cross-sectional approach analyzes the correlations across seven disciplines between academic labor market conditions and interstate migration rates and base…

A study was undertaken to compare the compensation (salary, benefits and perquisites) of faculty and senior administrative personnel in Ontario universities with that of professionals in the private and public sectors. For senior, non-academic administrative personnel, the major findings were that: compensation practice across the 13 universities…

Discipline is generally recognized as among the more important determinants of faculty salary. Discipline differences in faculty salary are normally accepted at face value, assumed to be the result of market forces. (The same assumption is commonly made about wage differences among occupations.) This paper reports on findings from an analysis of…

A comparison of college faculty earnings to earnings of other professionals with comparable educational background is presented in an effort to determine the relative standing of the academic profession among all professional occupations. The information is compiled from self-reported figures of the Bureau of Census survey that provides data on…

A proposal to place a limit, or ceiling, on college faculty incomes relies on voluntary participation. The sources of this plan and its limitations are discussed in terms of workload, salaries, and fringe benefits. (MSE)

A modified progression curve method is suggested as useful to college and university administrators in determining starting salaries for faculty. (Editor/JT)

The economic status is dominated by the struggle to maintain faculty compensation in the face of continuing inflation, leveling enrollments, and constant or shrinking sources of non-tuition income for colleges and universities. This report is based on data from 2,600 campuses covering the compensation and tenure status of about 360,000 full-time…