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From the issue dated November 16, 2007
Compensation of Public-University Presidents |
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ABOUT THESE DATA Compensation of Presidents of Four-Year Public UniversitiesThis database shows the compensation, from public and private sources, of chief executives of 182 public universities and public-university systems. The institutions surveyed include the 150 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. In previous years, this report has covered the compensation levels of public-university chiefs during the fiscal year then in progress. But in an effort to better reflect the pay executives actually receive--versus projected amounts--this year's survey looked at compensation from the recently completed fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2007. The survey covered the compensation of university chiefs who served during 2006-7. If a chief executive stepped down before the end of this period and a full-time replacement assumed the role during 2006-7, the new executive was included in the survey. But if the chief executive was replaced by an interim leader, the departing executive was included. Interim chiefs were included in the survey only if they served throughout 2006-7. 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 compensation information. However, all three of the Pennsylvania institutions responded to the survey but did not provide figures for employer retirement contributions. The University of Delaware did not provide data, but the data was determined from the Form 990 the university filed with the Internal Revenue Service. As a result, Delaware is the only public entry with figures from 2005-6. Total-compensation figures include salary and benefits from institutional and private sources, annualized amounts of deferred compensation, and the amount of bonuses for which chief executives qualified in 2006-7. Retirement pay is the amount contributed by the institution or state to a chief executive's retirement plans in 2006-7. In some states, an employee's choice between various retirement plans is considered private under open-records laws, so retirement pay could not be determined in a few cases. Housing and car allowances are included. 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 is added to total compensation. The written employment agreements of the chief executives of 182 public universities were requested. At 17 of those, such documents were not considered public information or could not be determined to exist. Of the remaining group of 165, one-third, or 56, hold no formal, written contract. Presidents and chancellors at 109 of the surveyed institutions hold employment agreements, contracts, or letters of appointment, and most of those documents can be viewed as PDF files with individual entries. Several contracts could not be fully processed by press time, and will be posted later. —By Paul Fain, with additional reporting by Marisa López-Rivera and JJ Hermes Compensation of Presidents of Two-Year InstitutionsThis database shows the compensation, from public and private sources, of chief executives of 68 community colleges and community-college systems. The institutions surveyed include the 53 community colleges and community-college districts with full-time-equivalent enrollments of at least 15,000, according to the U.S. Education Department's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. They also include 15 statewide community-college systems.The survey looked at compensation from the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2007. If a chief executive stepped down before the end of this period and a full-time replacement assumed the role during 2006-7, the new executive was included in the survey. But if the chief-executive was replaced by an interim chief, the outgoing full-time executive was included. Interim chiefs were included in the survey, but only if they served throughout 2006-7. Total-compensation figures include salary and benefits from public and private sources, annualized amounts of deferred compensation, and the amount of bonuses for which chief executives qualified in 2006-7. Retirement pay is the amount contributed by the institution or state to a chief executive's retirement plans in 2006-7. In some states, an employee's choice between various retirement plans is considered private under open-records laws, so retirement pay could not be determined in a few cases. Housing and car allowances are included. The use of a college- or state-owned house or car, however, is not. Use of such a house or car, as well as benefits such as club dues and expense accounts, are listed as part of compensation but no dollar amount for such benefits is added to total compensation. —By Elyse Ashburn, with additional reporting by Marisa López-Rivera and Mary Andom 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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