A list that shows the compensation of chief executives and five highest-paid employees who are not officers, directors, or trustees of their institutions is presented. Most compensation figures were obtained from federal tax forms that private, tax-exempt colleges and universities must file annually. (MLW)

Discusses the concerns of child care and early childhood workers about compensation. These concerns focus on equity, and the needs for comprehensive compensation systems and written compensation policies. (BB)

Survey of 35 public and private colleges and universities investigated prevalence and characteristics of merit pay programs for faculty and support staff. Results include information on compensation program coverage (faculty, staff, collective bargaining groups, percentage of total workforce), percent of funds awarded solely on merit, desired…

Much of the school-budget dollar goes to salaries and wages for employees. This document is the first part of a three-part report of the Educational Research Service (ERS) National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools. This volume reports data on salaries scheduled for 22 selected professional positions in 1,019 public school systems for…

Much of the school-budget dollar goes to salaries and wages for employees. This document is the second in a three-part report of the Educational Research Service (ERS) National Survey of Salaries and Public Schools. A total of 1,019 school systems responded to the survey, or 56 percent of the national stratified sample of 1,818 school systems. The…

This paper presents a multi-phased approach to identifying and correcting gender-based salary inequities within institutions of higher education. The major steps in this approach involve: (1) determining if a problem situation exists by using a conceptually sound, objective procedure that does a legal and effective job of explaining faculty…

Data from the salary schedules used in this study were collected as part of the "National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools, 1986-87," conducted in fall 1986. Of the 1,031 school systems responding with usable data, 290 (28 percent) provided complete salary schedule documents for supervising principals that could be analyzed…

This study explains assessments of fair pay for public school administrators in terms of some individual, job-related, and contextual variables, and it tests Jaques' hypothesis that time-span of discretion is the unconscious measure of level of work in bureaucracies. Data were gathered primarily through telephone interviews with…

Salary information for faculty and deans of accredited colleges of pharmacy is presented in this annual survey prepared by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Data are based on responses collected for the academic year 1979-1980. Salary data for faculty remunerated on calendar (11- or 12-month appointments) and academic (9- or…

Salary information for faculty and deans of accredited colleges of pharmacy is presented in this annual survey prepared by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Data are based on responses collected for the academic year 1977-1978. Salary data for faculty remunerated on the calendar (11- or 12-month appointments) and the academic (9-…

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)

This paper is a report on a study of public-school teachers' salaries in Iowa. The general purpose of the study was to better understand how recent teacher-compensation legislation would affect the Iowa education system. Specific goals were to examine the current Iowa public-school salary schedules and salaries across time (1984-2002); to compare…

This brief issue paper offers an overview of the key issues involved in the pay-for-performance plan, as it applies to compensating teachers. Paying teachers on the basis of performance, as a way to improve the quality of teaching, has gained support in recent years. This paper examines the practice through five leading pay-for-performance models.…

A study to clarify the differences between money income and real income for scholars is discussed. A monetary value is placed on the discretionary time that accrues to faculty. The study reveals that an academic career offers more freedom, dignity, autonomy, and real income than employment outside the university. (MLW)

A confidential national survey of Division I athletics departments (n=87 universities) conducted by the University of Texas (Austin) found men's basketball coaches the highest-paid, with football coaches second. The report contains blind lists of salaries and compensation packages paid to each of 70 employee categories (administrators, coaches,…