Leader of Kentucky’s Community-College System Rejects Raise and Bonus

A prominent community-college chief has joined a growing list of campus leaders who are turning down pay increases because of the recession. Michael B. McCall, president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College system, earned $610,670 in total compensation in 2007-8, tops among leaders of 64 community colleges, according to a survey by The Chronicle.

Citing difficult financial times for the 16-college system, Mr. McCall said yesterday that he would “join all our faculty and staff in receiving no salary increase this year and will decline any bonus I am eligible for,” reports The Courier-Journal, in Louisville.