SALARY SURVEY
The price of leadership continues to rise in higher education, particularly in terms of presidential pay at public universities. The U. of Pennsylvania paid its president, Amy Gutmann, $1,088,786 in total compensation in 2006-7, a 40-percent increase. Some lawmakers argue that nonprofit colleges should not give raises that large. (Photograph by Jim Graham)
HOT SEATS
Memberships on corporate boards offer big benefits to college presidents, but these days they also carry big risks.
$2.8-MILLION A YEAR
The president of Suffolk University, who has been there for 52 years, is the highest-paid leader in this year's compensation survey.
SHARING ADVERSITY
Some college leaders are returning raises and bonuses in recognition of students' tough financial straits.
SAME JOB, LESS PAY
Leaders of master's-degree public universities earn considerably less than their counterparts at many private colleges and public research institutions.
WHERE TOP JOBS GO BEGGING
If California leads the nation, as it's said, then community colleges in other states, too, will soon suffer shortages of presidential candidates.
BLIND SPOTS
Colleges lag behind corporations in terms of having the information they need to pick their leaders, say presidential-search consultants.
PAYING THE PRESIDENT'S SPOUSE
The husband or wife of a campus chief executive often has enough responsibility to merit not just a job description, but a salary as well.
THE EVERGREEN STATE
The presidents of the University of Washington and Washington State University are among the highest-paid college leaders in the country.
LIFE AT THE TOP
What do college presidents do, anyway? One of them, Sanford J. Ungar, offers a glimpse.
HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?
The issue is less whether most college presidents are overpaid than whether faculty and staff members are underpaid, writes Marc Bousquet.
IT'S A LIVING: A comparison of the median pay of presidents of research universities with that of chief executives in other fields and the median pay in other occupations.
THE RISING PRICE OF PRESIDENTS
Elite colleges and universities find that landing a chief executive costs more than ever in pay and benefits, with no ceiling in sight.
BRINGING UP THE REAR
The duties of many community-college presidents are as demanding as those of their counterparts at four-year colleges, but their pay lags behind.
COMMITTED ON PAPER
For several reasons, many presidents lack written employment contracts.
QUIET MONEY
Bonuses, mostly for performance and retention, are common among college presidents' pay packages. But the standards for when such bonuses are handed out are not always clear.
GETTING AND SPENDING
Five presidents talk about where their money goes.
TOP DOLLAR AND OTHERWISE
Stephen J. Trachtenberg, retired president of George Washington University, explains why presidents are paid so much more than professors.
A PAY CUT TO DIE FOR: E. Gordon Gee jumps from private Vanderbilt to public Ohio State.
MORE DETAIL, PLEASE: A tax expert explains what's in store for the IRS Form 990, and for the people who have to fill it out.
THE BETTER HALF: Some presidential spouses are already busy with their own careers.
PAYCHECKS AT THE PINNACLE
A Chronicle survey has found that increases in higher-education compensation are spreading from private to public institutions, with a 53-percent jump in the number of college leaders whose pay and benefits have reached at least $500,000.
HAVE RÉSUMÉ, WILL TRAVEL
As established institutional leaders command higher salaries, they risk becoming hired guns.
MAKING HEADLINES
Presidential salaries and spending compensation are showing up on front pages.
DOS AND DON'TS
A well-thought-out contract can protect both a president and the trustees who do the hiring.
GOLDEN STATE
The University of California's leader responds to news-media scrutiny of administrators' pay.
FARM TEAM
In Iowa, a state board considers how to stop losing college presidents to higher-paying rivals.
RESIDENCES AND RIDES: Where college presidents live and what they drive.
PUTTING OFF PAYDAY: Deferred compensation becomes a more accepted part of presidential pay packages.
MANY HATS: The college presidency has changed, and governing boards must adapt, says the head of a panel that has studied the issue.
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