April 11, 2010

$700,000 Pay for Leader of Civic-Literacy Research Group Raises Eyebrows

By Jill Laster

T. Kenneth Cribb Jr. earned nearly $700,000 last year as president of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, a prominent conservative research group. Several compensation experts say Mr. Cribb's pay, which tops that of presidents of most private research universities, is high for the leader of a relatively small nonprofit organization.

Mr. Cribb is a lawyer and influential advocate on higher-education issues, having served as a top adviser to President Ronald Reagan. Since 1989, Mr.

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