A new salary survey highlights concerns about the growing pay gap between professional-school faculty members and everyone else. Offers a table of average faculty salaries by field at 4-year institutions. (EV)

The Survey of Undergraduate Financial Aid Policies, Practices, and Procedures gathered information on median annual salary levels for chief financial aid administrators in 1999-2000. Among detailed findings, the survey concluded that men still have higher salaries than women. (EV)

Survey data on faculty in preclinical departments of medical schools include the number of faculty, average salary, and average compensation of faculty at each rank in 68 institutions. (MSE)

Data on median administrator salaries from a national survey includes salaries for over 100 administrator titles, providing figures for all institutions and by institution type. One-year percentage changes in the median salary for each job category are also given. (MSE)

Based on a survey of 1,268 colleges and universities, data on the median salaries of 65 administrative positions are given. Salaries are given for all institutions (with one-year changes noted) and for doctoral, comprehensive, baccalaureate, and two-year institutions. (MSE)

Examines gender-based differences in job satisfaction among faculty in journalism and mass communication. Finds that women faculty members receive less pay but have the same degree of job satisfaction as men. (RS)

In assessing sex-discrimination suit damages, debate rages over the type and number of variables included in a single-equation model of the salary-determination process. This article considers single- and multiple-equation models, providing 36 different damage calculations. For University of Minnesota data, equalization cost hinges on the…

A cross-sectional study of 842 faculty who served as department heads between 1965-92 was compared with 170 in a panel study for whom earnings were estimated using a personal effects model. The average chair received a 12% wage premium for administrative service. Skill depreciation was most severe and wage growth most adversely affected in the…

A comparison of the earnings and work experience of associate, diploma, and baccalaureate registered nurses (RNs) found that diplomas are the least attractive route to licensing. Although associate degrees are superior to bachelors', the many baccalaureate graduates may be attracted by better access to nonstaff positions, nonmonetary rewards, and…

Focusing on research universities, this study examines historical patterns in faculty salaries, recent evidence on salaries, the tenuous connection between salaries and performance, and the role of salaries in effective academic-reward systems. Administrative implications for salary policies that improve productivity are also examined. (Author/MSE)

Presents a comprehensive conceptual and empirical analysis of nonreturn among foreign college students in the United States. Constructs nonreturn rates for 69 source countries, using U.S Immigration and Naturalization Service microdata. The variation in nonreturn rates across source countries is explained by differing economic and political…

A survey based on tax return data shows that three presidents of private universities earned over $500,000 in pay and benefits in 1997; 46 earned over $300,000. The median at research universities was $351,453, a 6% increase. At baccalaureate colleges it was $179,322, up 4.1%. Some deferred-compensation payments skewed the figures slightly. (MSE)

Investigates salary differences between black female faculty and their white male/female and black male counterparts. Results indicate that black women earn less than white and black males but slightly more than white women. Although race/gender differences in faculty earnings exist, they are largely explained by variations in rank, tenure,…

Presents 1999-00 data for 4- and 2-year college administrator's compensation compared to private-sector executives in the area of base salaries. Surveys show college and university administrative salary increases were lower than private-sector raises and lagged behind school district increases, however, schools are increasingly implementing bonus…

In November of 2007, Alberta Advanced Education and Technology contracted Insightrix Research, Inc. to conduct a survey of individuals who graduated from post-secondary institutions in Alberta in the fall of 2005 or the spring of 2006 (excluding apprenticeship graduates, who are surveyed through a separate initiative). The purpose of the survey is…