Mississippi Today
Data: Salaries for Mississippi college presidents ballooned as pay for faculty, staff barely kept pace with inflation
Data: Salaries for Mississippi college presidents ballooned as pay for faculty, staff barely kept pace with inflation
The gap between pay for faculty and staff and the salaries of college presidents in Mississippi is widening, according to data analyzed by Mississippi Today.
While the average faculty and staff member at the state’s eight public universities have barely seen their pay, in nominal dollars, increase since the 2012-13 school year, the average salary for presidents has shot up by more than $150,000.