University of North Carolina (UNC) officials and lobbyists worry that low faculty pay is creating a "brain drain," causing faculty to leave the system for positions at other, better-paying universities. To stop the "brain drain," the university system is seeking from the legislature $87.8 million for fiscal years 2007-09 to…

To prepare this report, the Commission examined faculty salary data supplied by the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) systems. This report compares faculty salaries at California's public universities with faculty salaries at comparable institutions of higher education. Based on five-year trend projections,…

The SREB-State Data Exchange is a cooperative effort of SREB and the statewide higher education governing and coordinating boards in the South. Founded in 1969-1970, it is one of the nation's oldest, most comprehensive sources of comparative data on public higher education. The Data Exchange annually collects, compiles and publishes the most…

The Southern Regional Education Board-State Data Exchange is a one-of-a-kind regional program with 23 statewide higher education governing and coordinating board partners. The Data Exchange annually collects, compiles and publishes: (1) the most current and detailed comparative statistics on postsecondary education in the 16 SREB states; (2)…

For the past 10 years the Washington state colleges and universities have used salary surveys of faculty in institutions in seven states as the basis for their salary requests. This report reviews the comparison of states and institutions; the criteria for their selection; whether circumstances have changed that could affect the utility or…

A review of current faculty salaries within the context of the Washington Council for Postsecondary Education policy position includes comparison with various measures of competition and the effect of past, present, and projected increases in the cost of living. Tables include listing for: average faculty salaries; consumer price index for fiscal…

Faculty salaries in Washington public higher education, 1975-77, are reviewed emphasizing salary levels, faculty purchasing power, and comparisons with other 4-year colleges and universities. Findings indicate: (1) The increase in inflation has eliminated any real salary increases for the average faculty member. In many cases, there have been…

Salary and fringe benefit data for faculty at the University of California (the University) and the California State University (State University) are examined. The objective is to predict where faculty salaries at the two universities will stand in relation to those at their respective comparison groups of institutions on July 1, 1984. Ways in…

A table outlining faculty members' summer-school earnings presents data by discipline group and type of institution, by discipline group and rank, and by type of institution and rank. (MLW)

This report provides preliminary estimates of faculty compensation for the current (1999-00) and budgeted (2000-01) fiscal years for California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC), as well as trend information for the past 21 years. The methodology involved two elements: comparative peer institution salary data and a…

This report provides information on the status of fiscal year 1995 faculty and civil service salaries at Illinois colleges and universities and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy along with trend analysis based on data beginning in 1980. The report compares salaries with economic indicators to determine how well salaries have kept pace…

An approach to obtain disciplinary specific salary information for the institution of higher education budget process by mid-winter is considered. The approach involves using current year institutional mean salaries and prior year relative average salaries by academic discipline to provide "current" salary comparisons by academic…

The survey objective was to determine the 1976-77 salaries and fringe benefits for instructional faculty with nine or ten month contracts, both at the four-year colleges and community colleges in the Washington state system and at institutions of comparable size and scope in other states. Survey groups were established for: (1) research and…

This study examined faculty salaries at 50 higher education institutions using methods to adjust salaries for geographic differences, cost of living, and tax burdens so that comparisons were based on real rather than nominal value of salaries. The study sample consisted of one public doctorate granting institution from each state and used salary…

The faculty structure and salary schedule of California State University were assessed. After tracing the history of the trustees' efforts to revise the faculty structure since 1961, the report compares the university's current salary schedule to those of comparison institutions. The way the comparison colleges allocated increased 1984-1985 salary…