A study using discriminant analysis to correct bias in predicting faculty rank is reported. Findings concerning the relationship of prediction error and gender and suggestions for use of the results to study salary-bias problems are also discussed. (Author/MSE)

The status of comparable worth pay in federal courts is reviewed, state activity on this issue as it relates to higher education institutions is discussed, and practical and institutional problems in implementing comparable worth pay policy at colleges and universities are examined. (MSE)

The use of labor market differentials to determine college faculty salary structures in different disciplines is examined in the context of Michigan and California faculty's efforts to rectify salary inequity. (MSE)

The average salaries for full professors and new assistant professors in 21 disciplines for 1976-77 and 1984-85 are ranked and the percentage increases in the intervening period are listed and analyzed. (MSE)

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)

The analysis of salary equity-parity typically involves the use of multiple regression analysis to determine predicted salary and the residual differences between predicted and actual salary. Two alternatives are presented, canonical analysis and multiple discriminant analysis. (Author/MLW)

The effects of collective bargaining on faculty salaries are examined. Thirty institutions with collective bargaining agreements are matched with similar institutions without such agreements, and faculty salaries are compared prior to and following unionization. Collective bargaining agreements are found to have little effect upon salary…

Implications of academic collective bargaining and unionization in Australian higher education are examined in the context of different models of bargaining advocated by the national government and federal opposition. Problems foreseen include diminution of employment conditions, morale, staff quality, and instructional quality as well as…

Methods used to measure college faculty salary compression (i.e., the extent to which new faculty salaries are approaching those of existing faculty at the same or higher rank) are presented. Administrator methods of addressing the issue of salary compression are also discussed, based on a survey of 10 college provosts. (Author/MSE)

Presents data on average full-time faculty salaries, by rank, at over 1,800 higher education institutions. For purposes of comparison, national averages for institution type and rank are also summarized. (MSE)

Discusses what the compensation manager at a diverse college or university can do with scant resources to meet the varied compensation needs of the institution. Offers as an example the University of Florida system, which has a flexible policy that incorporates new concepts into training programs and offers new options in consultations. (MSE)

This report compares the current-year faculty salaries in the University of California and California State University systems with projected salaries for the coming year at their respective comparison institutions, largely drawn from other parts of the country. The calculation of parity percentages, an estimate of the average faculty salary…

Washington State's Higher Education Coordinating Board undertook a review of the State Work Study (SWS) program requirements related to the classification and compensation of SWS positions at public colleges and universities. A task force studying wage rate comparability was convened to review statutory directives related to this issue and to…

Distance education (DE) is now closer to being main stream than many faculty and administrators in universities thought it would be, however, for many faculty members, losing the apparent locus of control from the traditional classroom to that of the technology mediated classroom is not comfortable. In addition to changes in faculty teaching…

Measures of income and salary inequality used by economists were examined and applied against 1984-1985 faculty salary data. Attention was directed to salary inequality at each academic rank, as well as female-male inequality. The following measures were used: Lorenz Curve-Gini Coefficient, coefficient of variation, Theil's Index, and Atkinson's…