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In 2015, Elon University President Leo Lambert earned $593,504,
while the average Elon faoulty member made $82,000.
Lambert made 7.24
Connie Book
Examining the widening difference
between university presidents’ and
professors’ salaries
Liam Collins
Contributor I @Liam_Collins7
A S ELON UNIVERSITY AWAITS
incoming President Connie Book
to take office, the question arises
about whether her expectant
pay will mirror
the corporate pay
gap that has been
developing in the
United States for
decades.
The corporate
pay gap refers to the
growing difference
between the salary of
a CEO of a corpora
tion and the salary of the corporation’s
entry-level employees. According to
an Elon University assistant professor,
who wished to remain anonymous, this
issue has plagued the country for de
cades.
“I think it’s just consistent of what
has happened in American society over
the last 40 years where we’re so much
more unequal than we used to be,” the
professor said. “But I guess I’m not con
vinced that paying people in the top
percent more actually delivers any ben
efits.”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
is a news outlet primarily covering col
leges, universities, secondary educa
tion and student affairs. Dan Bauman,
a data reporter for The Chronicle since
2016 and has reported on university
president salaries since 2014, said that
though the pay gap at colleges and uni
versities is similar to that of the gap in
large corporations, it’s not the same.
“It may come across to people out
side the higher education field to see
some full-time professors making $100,
000 being upset by a college president
making $700, 000,” Bauman said. “I
wouldn’t say it’s to the level of the cor
porate side of things — there isn’t that
kind of money floating around with
See SALARY I pg. 4
Terrorist attacks prompt
radicalization research
Experts say seeds of terrorism are
planted during a young age, often
online and through social media
Alex Hager
Web Producer | @awhager
Recent headlines have been regular
ly peppered with car bombs and mass
shootings. As part of ongoing efforts to
stop acts of terror before they are com
mitted, experts have tried to identify
the psychological reasons and tangible
factors that drive people toward the ex
treme ideas that motivate them.
Unfortunately, there does not appear to
be a clear answer as to what makes some
one a prime candidate for radicalization.
Radicalization describes the pro-
John Horgan
GEORGIA STATE PROFESSOR,
RESEARCH AFFILIATE AT
NATIONAL CONSORTIUM
cess by which someone moves toward
ideological extremes, or the process
by which someone becomes more
entrenched in their extreme ideas.
More than just terrorism
Radicalization is not a concept that
pertains exclusively to terrorism.
Just as radicalization can describe the
process by which a person gets involved
in a group embodying radical ideas and
carrying out violent actions, it also de
scribes the process by which someone
comes to align themselves with any kind
of extreme idea.
“Radicalization is now synony
mous with discussions of terrorism,
SeeTERRORISMIpg 6
NEWS • PAGE 6
state audit
challenges Book’s
qualifications
UFESTYLE • PAGE 9
Chabad of Elon opens
doors for Jewish
students
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