The process of changing U.S. higher education institutions along a corporate model has been going on for several decades. It consists of changes, some open, some obscured, on various fronts: the erosion of tenure by attrition; the simultaneous increase in the use of contingent faculty; the rise in tuition; the dramatic decrease in federal and…

The Departments of Labor and Higher Education, working in close collaboration with the constituent units of public higher education, present this comprehensive report on the employment of graduates of public colleges and universities. This report summarizes the employment and compensation experience of students who graduated from the State's 18…

We examine the impact of literacy on immigrant earnings and the sources of lower returns to education and experience among immigrants. We find that the native-born literacy distribution dominates that for immigrants. However, the two groups obtain similar returns to literacy skills, contrary to discrimination-based explanations for…

This study, covering all 16 campuses of the University, is designed to determine if women are distributed across the academic levels in a similar pattern to their male colleagues; and if women's salaries in each level are comparable to the corresponding men's salaries. In the former case, both the actual headcount and the full-time equivalents…

A questionnaire surveyed AAUP member at Akron. Data were collected regarding highest degree attained, primary work activity, academic rank, college or division in which employed, experience in both the primary work activity and in related activities, age, sex and salary. The primary conclusion reached by this study is that a persistent and…

Female professional athletes are earning more than ever before and projections suggest opportunities will continue to increase. Salary differentials between male and female tennis and golf professionals are made. Product endorsement income is discussed. Steps coaches, parents, counselors, and colleges should take in guiding females toward…

Uses data from the 1992 follow-up to the High School and Beyond longitudinal study to identify the percentage of the observed earnings premium attributable to a bachelor's degree, extent to which this percentage varies based on characteristics taken into account in the analyses (e.g., ability, job tenure and experience, industry, and occupation),…

Explores the problem of a male/female salary differential for professors, discusses relevant factors explaining this disparity, and applies a model for detecting compensation bias to a sample of educational administration professors' salaries. Results indicate that a significant proportion of the salary variance is explained by gender. Includes 31…

Calculates the union relative wage effect for a large sample of college faculty in the United States. The data used are from "The 1977 Survey of the American Professoriate" and cover 4,250 faculty members at 158 institutions of higher education. Faculty characteristics are found to be more important in influencing salaries in nonunion schools than…

Uses data from 1988 and 1993 National Center for Education Statistics surveys of faculty to examine what has happened to earnings of women in higher education. Data show the aggregate unexplained wage gap between men and women is between 7% and 10%. Wage gap for younger women is much lower than for older women in academe, suggesting some progress…

There are a lot of people who believe that education is the engine of prosperity. This is believed to be true, but can't be proven according to researcher Watson Scott Swail, president of the Educational Policy Institute (EPI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization dedicated to policy-based research on educational opportunity for…

Curricula in U.S. colleges and universities have historically evolved around two ideal types: arts and science fields (A&S), and vocational fields. Using the National Educational Longitudinal Study, 1992-1994, we find that high socioeconomic status (SES) students are more likely to choose A&S fields than are low-SES students. The Baccalaureate and…

In order that it might compare the levels of salaries paid its professional staff members with salaries paid for somewhat similar positions in other states, the Connecticut Commission for Higher Education requested these data from other states having higher education coordinating commissions or boards of regents. Two tables are included. The first…

This report concerning salary schedules at institutions of higher education describes the contents of the schedules, policies regarding schedule structure, minimum and maximum salaries, and increments. A listing of colleges and universities with their scheduled minimum and maximum salaries, and 4 examples of schedules are also included. (HS)

Using National Center for Education Statistics and American Association of University Professors data, this paper studies faculty substitution trends at four types of colleges. Findings indicate that price-related substitution exists in all types regardless of mission. Boosting lower rank salaries would not appreciably alter employment at these…