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Almanac 2012: The Profession

August 26, 2012
Almanac 2012-Section-Salaries

The Profession

Campus leaders and college professors encountered urgent calls for change in how they do business in 2011-12.

Economic and technological forces continued to reshape campus workplaces. Administrators closed and consolidated academic programs and had to rely increasingly on adjunct instructors, who now make up 70 percent of the professoriate. And leaders also face stagnation in their own ranks.

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Campus leaders and college professors encountered urgent calls for change in how they do business in 2011-12.

Economic and technological forces continued to reshape campus workplaces. Administrators closed and consolidated academic programs and had to rely increasingly on adjunct instructors, who now make up 70 percent of the professoriate. And leaders also face stagnation in their own ranks. | Read More »

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$130,803

Full professors at four-year institutions earned that amount, on average, in 2011-12.

80.6%

Female professors make, on average, only about four-fifths as much as their male counterparts do.

9.8%

College presidents’ pay has risen that much from 2006-7 to 2010-11.

$1,992,221

E. Gordon Gee, president of Ohio State University, earned that amount in total compensation in 2010-11, making him the highest-paid chief executive of a public college.

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    Which leaders made at least eight times as much as the average faculty professor did?

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Faculty and Administrators

  • Average Salaries of Full-Time Faculty Members

  • Average Faculty Salaries at 4-Year Colleges

  • Median Salaries of Senior College Administrators, 2011-12

  • Differences in Faculty Pay by Union Status

  • Median Salaries of Midlevel College Administrators

  • Where Professors Earn the Most

  • How Much Presidential Pay Has Risen Compared With Faculty Salaries

  • Annual Change in Faculty Salaries

  • Growth in Share of Faculty 60 and Older at Selected Colleges

  • Race and Ethnicity of Faculty and Staff

Presidents

  • Private-College Chiefs Who Earned More Than $1-Million

  • College Leaders’ Earnings Compared With College Budgets and Professors’ Compensation

  • Range in Pay of Private-College Leaders

  • Highest-Paid Chief Executives at Public Colleges

  • Corporate Board Memberships of Presidents at Wealthy Universities, 2011

  • Difference in Compensation for Chief Executives and Professors at the 50 Wealthiest Private Colleges

  • Lowest-Paid Chief Executives

  • How College Leaders’ Traits Have Changed Over 5 Years

The Institution

  • Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

  • Increase in the Number of Retracted Articles in Biomedical Journals

  • How Fast Tuition and Fees Have Risen Compared With Faculty Salaries

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