[COPLAC-IR] Fwd: The faculty compensation report is here!

Tue Apr 14 07:38:33 CDT 2015

Hi everyone,

Here are the tables for AAUP that have just been distributed.

Hope this helps!

~Elizabeth

Elizabeth A. Clune-Kneuer, M.Ed.
Associate Director of Institutional Research
St. Mary's College of Maryland
18952 E. Fisher Rd.
Glendening Hall 241
St. Mary's City, MD 20686
(240)895-4274
(240)895-4472 (fax)
email: eaclune at smcm.edu

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From: John Barnshaw, AAUP <Communications at aaup.org>
Date: Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 1:58 AM
Subject: The faculty compensation report is here!
To: eaclune at smcm.edu

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Dear AAUP Member:

Today, the AAUP is releasing the results of our annual faculty compensation
survey and report on the economic status of the profession
<https://online.aaup.org/aaupssa/ecmssamsganalytics.click_through?p_mail_id=E42742A17257435B1C22621>
(http://www.aaup.org/reports-publications/2014-15salarysurvey).

The survey includes information on full-time faculty salary and benefits at
two- and four-year colleges and universities, with 1,136 participating
institutions.  It includes data on more than 375,000 full-time faculty,
making it the largest independent faculty compensation survey in the United
States. And it is the only survey of its kind to include extensive
information on benefits as well as salary.

The survey found that this year marks the first consequential improvement
(1.4 percent) in inflation-adjusted year-over-year salary for full-time
faculty since the Great Recession.

This year’s report also explores four common myths about higher education:

   - *Myth: Faculty are to blame for rising tuition*.
   *Reality: The decline of state appropriations and the erosion of
   endowments have caused tuition to rise—not faculty salaries.*

   - *Myth: Faculty are “ridiculously overpaid” compared to professionals
   working in “the real world.”*
   *Reality: Even for the highest-ranking professors, salaries have failed
   to keep up with those of similar professions outside of academia.* *And
   the vast majority of faculty—especially the half that are hired on a
   per-course basis—earn far less.*

   - *Myth: Responding to “disruptive innovations” such as online and
   for-profit education requires replacing tenure-track faculty with part-time
   adjuncts*.
   *Reality:*

*Strategic hiring and support for full-time faculty can improve quality and
   enhance an institution’s distinctiveness and competitiveness. *
   - *Myth: Faculty benefit costs are out of control.*
   *Reality: Costs for faculty benefits are not significantly increasing*.

The survey results and report
<https://online.aaup.org/aaupssa/ecmssamsganalytics.click_through?p_mail_id=E42742A17257435B1C22621>
are published each year in the March–April issue of *Academe*, along with
appendices that contain data for individual institutions. Through a
publishing agreement with *Inside Higher Ed*, the data will also be
available in an easily searchable database, available on the web at no cost.

Perhaps most important, this report empowers you to take action. By
disseminating the information contained in the report and, wherever
possible, participating in budgetary and financial matters at your
institution, you can help improve the economic status of the profession.

Sincerely,
John Barnshaw, AAUP Senior Higher Education Researcher
jbarnshaw at aaup.org
<https://online.aaup.org/aaupssa/ecmssamsganalytics.click_through?p_mail_id=E42742A17257435B1C22622>

P.S.--Individuals and institutions seeking peer comparison reports and
complete Faculty Compensation Survey datasets can receive those services by
contacting the AAUP Research Office directly at 202.737.5900 x3640 or via
aaupfcs at aaup.org
<https://online.aaup.org/aaupssa/ecmssamsganalytics.click_through?p_mail_id=E42742A17257435B1C22623>.

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governance; to define fundamental professional values and standards for
higher education; to promote the economic security of faculty, academic
professionals, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and all those
engaged in teaching and research in higher education; to help the higher
education community organize to make our goals a reality; and to ensure
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