GUILFORDIAN, APRIL 8, 1980, PAGE FOUR
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From Working Women
Nat. Assn. of Office Workers
The real spending power of
weekly wages for non-supervi
sory personnel in higher educa
tion today is about 70% of what
it was in 1967, according to
Working Women's newly, re
leased report, "Becoming a
Priority: The Status of Universi
ty and College Office Staff."
The report, based on a na
tionwide survey of the pay and
working conditions of university
and college office staff from 253
universities and colleges in the
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Faculty salaries rise in South
From Southern Regional
Education Board
Faculty salaries in public
institutions in the South are
gaining on the national average,
according to a recent analysis
by the Southern Regional Edu
cation Board (SREB).
In 1974, faculty salaries in the
South were 16 percent lower
than in the nation; by 1979, the
gap had been reduced to 7
percent. Faculty salary increas
es averaged 7 percent in the
South and 5 percent in the rest
of the nation annually between
1974 and 1979. Meanwhile, in
flation as gauged by the Con
sumer Price Index grew an
average of nearly 8 percent per
year.
SREB President Winfred L.
Godwin observed: "Gains in
Southern faculty salaries are a
reflection of the added empha
sis these states have given to
higher education for more than
a decade. This commitment is
demonstrated by the South's
300 percent increase in state
appropriations for operating
higher education between 1968
and 1978, compared to the 250
percent increase nationwide."
Thus far this year, 1980-81
requests for faculty salary in
creases range from 6 to 10.5
percent in governors' budgets
in those Southern states now in
legislative session.
For public four-year institu
tions in 1978-79, the regional
average salary was $19,440 for
U.S. and extensive research,
finds that 79% of the clerical
workers surveyed make wages
below SII,OOO.
"Universities and colleges
have to stop fighting inflation
by paying substandard salaries
to office workers," stated Kar
en Nussbaum, Director of Wor
king Women, and a former
university office worker. "Of
fice staff must become more of a
priority in the .budgets of insti
tutions of higher education."
The report also documents
the role of higher education
the nine to ten month academic
year. The average for all North
Carolina four-year institutions
was $19,783. But this overall
Southern average masks differ
ences among faculty ranks,
among institutions, and among
academic fields.
Full professors in doctoral
institutions earn $4,000 more
than professors in other four
year colleges. The differences
for the other ranks are less than
$2,000. Law, engineering, busi
ness and the natural sciences
lead the way in being well above
the regional average for all
non-health fields.
In disciplines where the facul
ty salaries are higher than
average, such as engineering,
there is usually a higher propor
tion of faculty in the upper
ranks -- professor and associate
professor -- because of the
lower supply of and greater
demand for these kinds of
faculty. This greater demand
comes from both inside and
outside the academic world.
Nearly 80 percent of law and
engineering faculty are profes
sors or associate professors, but
among foreign language and
humanities faculty, only 53
percent have positions in the
upper ranks, according to David
S. Spence, SREB research asso
ciate.
Another influence on overall
faculty salaries continues to be
whether the faculty member is a
man or a woman. Lookine at all
institutions in the national,
regional and local economies as
big employers, big landlords
and big investors.
The survey showed increased
organizing activity, in the form
of unions, staff councils, wo
men's committees, and de
partmental groups. Approxi
mately 50% of union drives at
universities and colleges were
won in 1978 and 1979, despite
increased use of university
funds to pay anti-union consul
tants to defeat union drives.
faculty nationwide, the differ
ences in salaries paid to men
and women is about $4,000.
This is due to the greater
proportion of men in the higher,
better paying ranks.
The economic status of facul
ty also depends on the ability to
supplement their base salary
with other income, which many
do. On the average, faculty
members can be expected to
make an additional 10 to 15
percent of their basic 9 to 10
month salary, usually through
summer teaching, consulting,
or speaking fees.
However, the range of these
added earnings varies greatly.
Half of all faculty earn less than
10 percent additional income;
the other half derive 10 percent
or more. One-fifth of all faculty
earn no extra income, while
one-seventh make nearly a third
over and above their base
salary.
The size of these supplemen
tal earnings differs widely, de
pending on the academic spe
cialty. Faculty in engineering,
business, and agriculture sup
plement their salaries more
than do faculty in the social
sciences, humanities and liberal
arts. The result is that faculty
who earn higher salaries are
usually the ones that earn the
most outside income, since their
services are in greater demand
both by higher education and
the economy at large.
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