Pay differentials revisited: CEOs and the five highest paid employees at private colleges and universities

This study compared the salary differentials of college chief executive officers (CEOs), college presidents, and the five highest-paid employees at 190 private colleges and universities. The pay differential in total compensation for CEOs and the highest-paid professor at liberal arts institution was significantly higher than that at doctorate-granting institutions, which in turn was higher than that at research institutions. The pattern of pay differentials was reversed for the highest-paid and second highest-paid employee at research institutions and at liberal arts institutions. Other differentials failed to reach significance across institutions. Implications concerning institutions ' internal consistency and external competitiveness are discussed. (Contains 34 references.) (Author/MSE) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document