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From the issue dated November 24, 2006
Executives' Compensation at Public Institutions |
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ABOUT THESE DATA This database shows the compensation, from institutional and private sources, of chief executives of 183 public colleges and public-college systems. The institutions surveyed include the 147 public universities with total enrollments of at least 10,000 that are classified as either "Research Universities" or "Doctoral/Research Universities" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, as well as the university systems associated with them. In the District of Columbia and Alaska, which do not have public research institutions with enrollment of at least 10,000, figures for the largest public four-year institutions are shown. The figures are the latest available and in most cases cover 2006-7. Figures for five institutions at which there are vacancies at the top (Indiana University at Bloomington, the State University of New York at Albany, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Western Michigan University) reflect the most recent president's compensation rather than that of the interim chiefs. Figures for four institutions (the California State University System, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, the University of Virginia, and Virginia Commonwealth University) cover 2005-6 because these institutions had not determined presidential compensation for this fiscal year by the closing date of this survey. Four universities consider themselves quasi-private institutions (Pennsylvania State University, Temple University, the University of Delaware, and the University of Pittsburgh) and are not legally required to provide current salary information. Temple and the University of Delaware's compensation information was determined from the Form 990 they each filed with the Internal Revenue Service because of their special status. Because of IRS reporting requirements, those figures are for 2004-5. Penn State provided current base salary, but would not disclose any additional compensation, such as retirement contributions. The University of Pittsburgh fully cooperated with the survey. Total-compensation figures include salary and benefits from institutional and private sources, annualized amounts of deferred compensation, and the full potential amount of bonuses. In many cases, university presidents and chancellors will not receive the full bonus, but the survey assumed full-bonus level because governing boards of universities do not typically determine bonus amounts until later in the fiscal year. Retirement pay is the amount contributed by the institution or state to a president or chancellor's defined benefit plan in this fiscal year. In some states, including Illinois and New York, an employee's choice between various retirement plans is considered private under public-records laws, so retirement pay could not be determined in a few cases. Housing and car allowances are counted toward total compensation for the purposes of this survey. The use of a university- or state-owned house or car, however, is not. Use of such a car or house, as well as benefits such as club dues and expense accounts, are listed as part of compensation but no dollar amount for such benefits are added to total compensation. SEARCH TIPS To find data on a specific employee, you must enter his or her full name in the keyword search box. If the person's name appears with a middle initial in this database, then you must include the middle initial as part of your keyword search. For example, you will not find information for "Tom B. Smith" if you enter the name as "Tom Smith." You can also search by last name only, although in the case of our example, "Smith," that will return a large number of results. Unlike some search engines, this one does not accommodate Boolean terms to search for words. For example, if you enter the search string "Smith and Tom" in the keyword box, the search engine will not produce a list of employees with the both the words "Smith" and "Tom" in their full name (e.g., "Tom Smith").
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(From the issue dated: 11/18/2006)
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