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To be more accurate, the UC pay increases were for the 3 lowest paid chancellors 20%, and one other 5%. All three were the lowest paid chancellors amongst the
by skosuri 12y ago
To be more accurate, the UC pay increases were for the 3 lowest paid chancellors 20%, and one other 5%. All three were the lowest paid chancellors amongst the 100 or so AARU universities. UC system schools are still on the lower end of the spectrum, and on the higher end of the spectrum for AARU schools in terms of cost of living.
- anigbrowl 12y agoTrue, but being less awful is not the same as being better. I can't take cost of living arguments seriously for people earning many multiples of the median income. Pay for teaching assistants at a mid-cost UC campus starts at $35k and I think people in that position are far more impacted by cost of living factors: http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/sites/default/files/upload/files/facstaff/salary-scale.pdf http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/sites/default/files/upload/fi... It's not that capping executive pay is going to yield enough savings for everyone else, by any means. But I do think that pay adjustments should be prioritized on the basis of maximizing marginal utility. These TA salaries are less than what I used to make working as a computer technician 20 years ago when I first came to the US (and wasn't too picky about the fact taht I was being underpaid because I was 25 and having a great time).
- skosuri 12y agoA TA is a graduate student who is also pursuing a doctoral degree. I don't think it's fair to compare this to a job in a private industry.