December 19, 2008

Presidential Salaries Need More Context

To the Editor:

For years now, I have wanted to comment on your annual review of college and university presidential salaries (Executive Compensation supplement, November 21) and have not done so.

The latest edition repeated a routine that annually distorts reality. Each year you report that the highest-paid president for that particular year has come from a middle-of-the-pack institution. Those looking closer discover that this highest-paid president is someone leaving an

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