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Chancellor

comparisons

Businessrulesat UW-Whitewa-

ter. The universitys largest depart-

ment also receives thelargestsalaries.

Chancellor Richard Telfer says

the disparity is caused by external

forces: thedemand for business pro-

fessors across thecountry.

Almost all

of these have anational market

wearecomparing

itto,he said.So

it renders less

what a communi-

cation professor

is getting com-

pared to anybody

else here than it is what thecommu-

nication professor is getting next to

someone at another institution.

Dean of Letters and Sciences

Mary Pinkertonsaidshe hasheard the

arguement but isntconvinced others

should be making less.

Thats the argument thats been

presented,is thatfor peoplein busi-

ness its a market-driven situation

where they could make more on the

outside, shesaid.Is thatideal?Is that

fair? Thoseare good questions. I think

salariesin Letters and Sciences should

be higher.

Pinkerton said she has had com-

plaints about salariesand would liketo

payfacultyin thecollege more.

People feeltheirwork isntvalued,

she said.They just dont feel they are

being compensated in proportion to

their productivity in terms of teaching

or research or grant getting and those

kinds of things in relation to their col-

leagues [within their college and othercolleges].

Telfersaidwhen tryingto finda pro-

fessorfor a particularrole,theuniversity

has to offer a salary in the range that

other peoplein thatspecialtyare getting.

There are certain departments where

that average is higher than other depart-

ments, he said. In part, it may have to

do with the number of people, but it may

also have to do with the options that peo-

plehaveto go to other places.

So, for example, if youre in a de-

partment that has a relatively high salary

expectation, then the other schools in the

country are also aware of that. And so if

they want this professor, they know theyre

going to have to paymore.

Other factorsthatdeterminea persons

salary includehow longa personhasbeen

at theinstitution or hisor herlevel of edu-

cation.

PublicInformationDirector SaraKuhl

said people who have chosen to become

teachers make a choice to leave positions

in the private sector, which pay a lot of

money.

These professorssalaries have to be

verycompetitivein order to attractthe best

that we can,she said.Andnot to dimin-

ish anyone elses work that they do, but

thereare probably moreEnglish professors

than there are accounting or economics

[professors].

UW-Whitewaters average professor

salary is $74,500,according to the Chron-

icle of Higher Education. It ranks 11th outof 25 Wisconsinschools surveyed.

Sois it more importantthatso and so

has a higher or lower salary than another

person or is it more important that in our

campus the average salary is pitifully low

[compared to other similar schools?]

Telfer said.

Kuhl said asa whole the UWSystem

is belowwhat other universities arepaying

faculty and staff nationally.

If youre just lookingat [UW-White-

water salaries] its like, wow, some of

thesepeoplemakewhat appearsto bea lot

of money,she said. But were losing

peopletoother institutions because of[low

numbers].

Kuhl said a benefit is that faculty at

UW-Whitewater is highly committed to

teachingits students.

A lot them know that they could be

elsewhere making moremoney, shesaid.

Its a real benefit to studentsthat wehave

those kinds of committed people here.

Top 10 UW-Wsalaries

National market driving force for wagesBy Sarah KloeppingEDITOR IN CHIEF

KLOEPPINSE05@UWW.EDU

Universitysalaries by

division

UW-MadisonUW-MilwaukeeUW-OshkoshUW-Green BayUW-StoutUW-PlattevilleUW-Stevens Pt.UW-SuperiorUW-River FallsUW-WhitewaterUW-ParksideUW-Eau ClaireUW-LaCrosse

$377,000$280,550$221,750$216,000$214,084$211,986$207,144$205,759$200,000$199,500$199,477$197,949$197,808

41,65430,41813,1926,6389,0177,8039,2092,7946,72811,1395,30311,21610,009

Richard Telferchancellor

$199,500

School Salary Students

Christine Clementsdean of business college

$140,624

Randy Marnocha

vice chancellor$137,943

For more UW-Whitewatersalaries go to page 2 of the

Royal Purple.

Telfer

Mary Pinkertondean of L&S $134,956

John Stonedean of graduate studies $132,143

Richard Haveninterim dean of arts & comm.

$123,219

Meifang Ziang

assistant professor$123,000

Jonathan Enslinassistant chancellor

$118,776

Hong Qiuassociate professor

$114,133

Barbara Monfils

associate vice chancellor$110,772

University $alaries

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