Kansas Free Press 10/24/2019

High Pay, Shorter Tenure for University Leaders

By Jane S. Shaw Heartland Institute – It is the best of times and the worst of times for college presidents.

 In its latest compilation of salaries for university leaders-presidents, chancellors, system heads-the Chronicle of Higher Education found 61 private universities and 17 public universities paid their top executives more thank $1 million in 2018. Three years earlier, 59 private university presidents were paid $1 million or more, as were seven public university presidents.