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It’s Lucrative at the Top

Compensation at public research universities is stagnant these days for just about everyone, except for the person in the presidency.

The compensation of public-university presidents has soared, in a year of continuing financial strains –Ã? tight state budgets for public higher education, hefty tuition increases, and paltry or nonexistent raises for faculty and staff members. (Subscription required.)