A series of multiple regression analyses was used to investigate a salary equity policy in a statewide system of institutions of higher education. Faculty rank, number of publications, and teaching effectiveness were among the variables examined. (JKS)

Staff actions are set forth that are involved in proposing increased adjustments in salary levels for female-oriented occupations. Some oversights and miscalculations are detailed that seem to have affected the decisions of the policy body, the board of trustees, of the California State University and Colleges. (LBH)

Examined are the specific differences in the salary reward structures of eight clusters of academic disciplines included in Biglan's three-dimensional model of the academic profession. A total of 1,320 faculty at a large research university responded to the Faculty Activity Analysis questionnaire regarding the time spent in 11 categories of…

The hypothesis of a direct link between institutional pay scales and faculty sex ratios is examined based on HEGIS and AAUP data. Results suggest that eliminating sex bias in faculty pay within individual institutions will not achieve parity for women until higher-paying institutions recruit more women or those with more women upgrade pay scales.…

Interinstitutional salary comparisons have proven to be a valuable planning tool for institutions seeking to achieve salary equity while maintaining accountability. (Editor/LBH)

Salary data gathered from 261 public and 478 private institutions are presented by rank (professor, associate professor, assistant professor, new assistant professor, and instructor) for 47 disciplines. (MSE)

This paper examines the returns to investments in education by registered nurses during the period 1970-84. Maximum likelihood technique found no wage difference between associate and diploma degree nurses. A multinomial logit model of promotion patterns found small differences between the two groups. (JOW)

In Malaysia salaries of teachers with certificates from a teacher training college are significantly lower than salaries of teachers with bachelor's degrees. This bifurcation has virtually eliminated upward mobility. Problems are discussed and a program to allow experienced teachers with certificates to pursue a degree is described. (MT)

A draw and commission scale system to be used as an incentive for college development officers is proposed and illustrated with a hypothetical institutional pay scale, and suggestions for constructing a viable salary and commission scale are made. (MSE)

Faculty women have had limited success in winning redress for employment discrimination in hiring, salary, promotion, and tenure. The burdens in time and money faced by those seeking remedies make litigation accessible to only a few, leaving internal institutional reform as the only means of moving toward sex equity. (Author/GC)

Summarizes the case of "Winkes vs. Brown University" and interprets its significance in the controversy over whether granting salary increases to women faculty under affirmative action constitutes reverse discrimination against male faculty. (JW)

Data are presented that reflect the relationship between salary and academic discipline, relationships between years in rank and salary, and the academic setting of the college of pharmacy and salary. Increases over the 1974-1975 period are shown, and implications of the statistics are discussed. (LBH)

This study explores the extent to which college and university faculty supplement their basic institutional salaries, and whether, after controlling for differences in human capital, productivity, and structural characteristics, the tendency to supplement salary and the amount of supplemental earnings varies between women and men. Data for the…

This issue brief examines the gender salary gap in engineering, an occupation in which women held 10% of the jobs in 1995. Using multivariate regression analysis, various potential explanations for the salary gap in this field are explored. It was concluded that the salary gap is primarily explained by the fact that female engineers, on average,…