Presidential Pay

Executive Pay

What Public-College
Presidents Make

Public outcry over presidential pay has intensified, but it appears to have done little to affect what presidents earn at public research institutions.

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Presidents vs. Professors

Compare executives' salaries with those of their faculty.

Analysis

Pay Is a Potent Target

How can public systems recruit top talent amid public scrutiny?

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All the Presidents' Salaries

Browse data about the leaders at 199 colleges.

Breaking the Impasse

By David L. Wheeler

Eighty-three percent of Americans believe the world's temperature is rising. Now researchers are studying why no one wants to talk about it.

Toss Out the Politics ...

By Paul Basken

... and what's left? Most scientists agree that it's getting hotter. But there's little consensus about what comes next.

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Research Heats Up

See how quickly climate science has bloomed.

Struggles for State Climatologists

'Climate Neutral' Campuses

Death in Academe

Illegal Immigrants in the Academy

Getting Unstuck

An Ex-President Takes Aim

Course For Sale

Revenge of the Underpaid Professors
Kevin Carey says online tools offer professors the opportunity to seize the means of production and transform higher education for the better.

Readers Respond:

Adam Schenck: "The same argument was made when television came into wide use: Get rid of that darn teacher and turn on the oh-so-impressive supertechnology. Get rid of the colleges, too, he tells us. Sounds great, doesn't it? Take away the credentialization system, and it's a race to the bottom. The fact is, real education means talented teachers adjusting to the changing needs of learners in a face-to-face setting. When the children of the wealthy stop going to the Ivies for their credentials, let me know."

Corresponding With a Killer

The Unabomber's Pen Pal
The philosopher David F. Skrbina doesn't endorse Ted Kaczynski's violence. But he says some of the notorious anti-technologist's ideas are valid.

Readers Respond:

cb_10: "Why give attention to someone who has caused so much pain and threatened so many? ... The moral ambivalence found in Skrbina's approach is a sign of the real problem in human society. Resisting the technological advancements that have saved millions is not a sign of a moral superiority. Whatever evils have been accomplished through technology are evils of human behavior. Kaczynski's grievances became excuses to kill, but the Rosseauian temptation to turn back the clock to some romanticized natural state threatens the well being of billions while indulging the moral hypocrisy that truly threatens us."

Executive Pay

Presidential Pay

What Public-College Presidents Make

Public outcry over presidential pay has intensified, but it appears to have done little to affect what presidents earn at public research institutions.

Pay Is a Potent Target

How can public systems recruit top talent amid public scrutiny?

Chart:   Presidents' vs. Professors' Pay 

Table:   All the Presidents' Salaries 

Worst Nightmares

This Can't Be Happening
What do you do when you throw up on the department chair during your job interview?

Readers Respond:

drj50: "[This] story is a powerful reminder that 'bad interviews' sometimes result in offers (and the corollary that 'great interviews' sometimes don't)."

Forums: Your Interview Could Have Been So Much Worse

The 2-Year Track:
What Grad Students Want to Know

The Graying of Academe

Aging Professors Create a Faculty Bottleneck

Older faculty members may have good reasons for sticking around, but the lack of an exit strategy can make it hard for departments to plan for the future.

Exploding the Myth of the Aging, Unproductive Professor

Faculty Transitions

Why One Professor Retired—and Another One Is Staying On

Commentary

Perlmutter: A Professor's Legacy
Acevedo: Gray Matters

Forums: Aging in Academe

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