The Chronicle of Higher Education
PUBLIC COLLEGES

It's Lucrative at the Top

Increases for chief executives outstrip those for the rank and file at public universities

By JULIANNE BASINGER and SARAH H. HENDERSON

Compensation at public research universities is stagnant these days for just about everyone, except for the person in the presidency.

The compensation of public-university presidents has soared, in a year of continuing financial...

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