How much is enough? College Presidents' Salaries (Harvard's Resigning President to Retain Near $900K Salary)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Elite colleges wouldn't be able to get anyone to do the job if they didn't pay this much. This may come as a surprise, but there are not many qualified people (within or outside of academia) banging at the door for this job. It's a mix of politics and fundraising with too many competing constituents pulling in different directions.

Her salary is within range of all of the elite schools. This is the market working, whether you like it or not.

-- signed faculty who participated in the hiring committee at another elite school

But to keep it post resignation??

After what she's been through? All the more so. The next applicant knows they could be thrown to the wolves at any moment, they'll demand the same. That's the game, thanks for playing.

What has she “been through” that wasn’t self-inflicted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite colleges wouldn't be able to get anyone to do the job if they didn't pay this much. This may come as a surprise, but there are not many qualified people (within or outside of academia) banging at the door for this job. It's a mix of politics and fundraising with too many competing constituents pulling in different directions.

Her salary is within range of all of the elite schools. This is the market working, whether you like it or not.

-- signed faculty who participated in the hiring committee at another elite school

But to keep it post resignation??

After what she's been through? All the more so. The next applicant knows they could be thrown to the wolves at any moment, they'll demand the same. That's the game, thanks for playing.

If it is true that she keeps a 900k salary AFTER resigning then she's doing better than fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who’d want to jump into the lion’s den for less? No thanks

one million dollars per year and to be able to keep that after resigning? LOTS OF PEOPLE WOULD. Ironically the shocking pay amount likely attracts the exact opposite as to what is likely needed.

Yes, but those people wouldn't be up for the job. Higher ed hires primarily from within, with some notable exceptions of presidents appointed/hired from corporations or politics. Most academics/higher ed administrators do not want the job.

She wasn't up for the job.

By "up for the job," I mean people who would be considered, regardless of their competence, by the executive search firm and the hiring committee. In most cases, you have to be tenured (full, not associate) and have considerable administrative/managerial experience (e.g., dean-level, chair, director) within higher ed to be considered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elite colleges wouldn't be able to get anyone to do the job if they didn't pay this much. This may come as a surprise, but there are not many qualified people (within or outside of academia) banging at the door for this job. It's a mix of politics and fundraising with too many competing constituents pulling in different directions.

Her salary is within range of all of the elite schools. This is the market working, whether you like it or not.

-- signed faculty who participated in the hiring committee at another elite school

Correction: $900k is the NOT the norm for dean positions at most universities. $1m+ for a president of a major school? That's surprisingly low.

-- signed academic who has been recruited for dean roles

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite colleges wouldn't be able to get anyone to do the job if they didn't pay this much. This may come as a surprise, but there are not many qualified people (within or outside of academia) banging at the door for this job. It's a mix of politics and fundraising with too many competing constituents pulling in different directions.

Her salary is within range of all of the elite schools. This is the market working, whether you like it or not.

-- signed faculty who participated in the hiring committee at another elite school

But to keep it post resignation??

After what she's been through? All the more so. The next applicant knows they could be thrown to the wolves at any moment, they'll demand the same. That's the game, thanks for playing.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite colleges wouldn't be able to get anyone to do the job if they didn't pay this much. This may come as a surprise, but there are not many qualified people (within or outside of academia) banging at the door for this job. It's a mix of politics and fundraising with too many competing constituents pulling in different directions.

Her salary is within range of all of the elite schools. This is the market working, whether you like it or not.

-- signed faculty who participated in the hiring committee at another elite school

But to keep it post resignation??

After what she's been through? All the more so. The next applicant knows they could be thrown to the wolves at any moment, they'll demand the same. That's the game, thanks for playing.

If it is true that she keeps a 900k salary AFTER resigning then she's doing better than fine.

Yep, and living in your head rent free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:'How much is enough' pay for College Presidents?

Harvard's Resigning President, Dr. Claudine Gay is going to retain her near $900K Salary even post resignation. She was making $1 million as president, though it's unclear how much of that she'll continue to collect after only six months as the university's top administrator, according to the Post.

Here is the article: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/claudine-gay-retains-large/2024/01/02/id/1147985/?ns_mail_uid=4634602f-acea-488e-a329-d029b5c696cc&ns_mail_job=DM563211_01032024&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010504wfacid

Would that money be better spent on scholarships for low income students?

Money can't be spent on he same thing twice, troll. Harvard already pays for low income students.

Stefanic seems to have a little crush on Gay.

[Anonymous]

Wouldn't kids be kicked out of Harvard for plagiarizing the way she did?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite colleges wouldn't be able to get anyone to do the job if they didn't pay this much. This may come as a surprise, but there are not many qualified people (within or outside of academia) banging at the door for this job. It's a mix of politics and fundraising with too many competing constituents pulling in different directions.

Her salary is within range of all of the elite schools. This is the market working, whether you like it or not.

-- signed faculty who participated in the hiring committee at another elite school

But to keep it post resignation??

After what she's been through? All the more so. The next applicant knows they could be thrown to the wolves at any moment, they'll demand the same. That's the game, thanks for playing.

If it is true that she keeps a 900k salary AFTER resigning then she's doing better than fine.

Yep, and living in your head rent free.

Tuition AND room! Board too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite colleges wouldn't be able to get anyone to do the job if they didn't pay this much. This may come as a surprise, but there are not many qualified people (within or outside of academia) banging at the door for this job. It's a mix of politics and fundraising with too many competing constituents pulling in different directions.

Her salary is within range of all of the elite schools. This is the market working, whether you like it or not.

-- signed faculty who participated in the hiring committee at another elite school

But to keep it post resignation??

Yes, normal practice. Similar to CEO's golden parachute. There is a contract involved.

Does she get this in perpetuity? Like a pension?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite colleges wouldn't be able to get anyone to do the job if they didn't pay this much. This may come as a surprise, but there are not many qualified people (within or outside of academia) banging at the door for this job. It's a mix of politics and fundraising with too many competing constituents pulling in different directions.

Her salary is within range of all of the elite schools. This is the market working, whether you like it or not.

-- signed faculty who participated in the hiring committee at another elite school

But to keep it post resignation??

Yes, normal practice. Similar to CEO's golden parachute. There is a contract involved.

It feels like the right thing for her to do might be to decline the pay and request that the pay go toward scholarships for needy students, no?

[Anonymous]

Wow, given her stellar publishing record that is great. Wonder how Harvard will feel when no one sign’s up for her classes.

She has done more damage to the brand than the Bud Light advertising executive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite colleges wouldn't be able to get anyone to do the job if they didn't pay this much. This may come as a surprise, but there are not many qualified people (within or outside of academia) banging at the door for this job. It's a mix of politics and fundraising with too many competing constituents pulling in different directions.

Her salary is within range of all of the elite schools. This is the market working, whether you like it or not.

-- signed faculty who participated in the hiring committee at another elite school

But to keep it post resignation??

After what she's been through? All the more so. The next applicant knows they could be thrown to the wolves at any moment, they'll demand the same. That's the game, thanks for playing.

You mean her blatant plagiarism (dozens of examples) or being unable to definitively say that calling for genocide against Jews violates the Harvard Code of Conduct?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:'How much is enough' pay for College Presidents?

Harvard's Resigning President, Dr. Claudine Gay is going to retain her near $900K Salary even post resignation. She was making $1 million as president, though it's unclear how much of that she'll continue to collect after only six months as the university's top administrator, according to the Post.

Here is the article: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/claudine-gay-retains-large/2024/01/02/id/1147985/?ns_mail_uid=4634602f-acea-488e-a329-d029b5c696cc&ns_mail_job=DM563211_01032024&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010504wfacid

Would that money be better spent on scholarships for low income students?

Please don’t link to anti-American garbage propaganda like Newsmax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite colleges wouldn't be able to get anyone to do the job if they didn't pay this much. This may come as a surprise, but there are not many qualified people (within or outside of academia) banging at the door for this job. It's a mix of politics and fundraising with too many competing constituents pulling in different directions.

Her salary is within range of all of the elite schools. This is the market working, whether you like it or not.

-- signed faculty who participated in the hiring committee at another elite school

Correction: $900k is the NOT the norm for dean positions at most universities. $1m+ for a president of a major school? That's surprisingly low.

-- signed academic who has been recruited for dean roles

I wasn't referring to dean's salaries. I thought we were discussing her salary as president. Curious--what are you seeing as the typical salary for a President? The hiring data I read said the average at selective schools is in the 1M+ range. I'm not at Harvard or HYPS, so if you say it's low, I believe you.