Administrative salaries bump up.FOLLOWING A PATTERN THAT HAS CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL YEARS, median senior-level administrative salaries outpaced inflation in the last year, growing by 3.5 percent from the 2004 to 2005 school years, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new survey from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. (CUPA-HR CUPA-HR College and University Professional Association for Human Resources ). CEOs at private universities did particularly well, seeing a median increase of 4.3 percent compared to 3.9 percent for CEOs at public IHEs. "If universities do not find ways to at least match the rate of inflation, they lose valuable employees to other types of employers," says Andy Brantley, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CUPA-HR. The association's survey questioned nearly 68,000 administrators at 1,345 institutions and drew out salary differences among doctoral, master's, bachelor's, and two-year institutions. It also, for the first time, explored salaries for department-specific assistant and associate dean positions. The results? Schools of medicine and dentistry dentistry, treatment and care of the teeth and associated oral structures. Dentistry is mainly concerned with tooth decay, disease of the supporting structures, such as the gums, and faulty positioning of the teeth. are the places to be. The highest-paid administrators work at schools of medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine veterinary medicine, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of animals. An early interest in animal diseases is found in ancient Greek writings on medicine. Veterinary medicine began to achieve the stature of a science with the organization of the first school in the , agriculture, and public health. Those at the low end of the scale include assistant/associate deans of special programs, undergraduate programs, instruction, and occupational studies/vocational education/technology and continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). . For more on the survey results, visit www.cupahr.org.
MEDIAN BASE SALARIES BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION
Doctoral Master's Bachelor's
CEO Single Institution $295,008 $200,000 $195,500
Chief Academic Officer $223,196 $140,000 $121,868
Chief Business Officer $188,145 $133,250 $119,706
Chief Development Officer $190,204 $120,451 $115,150
Chief Information
Systems Officer $159,000 $100,315 $85,152
Chief HR Officer $121,000 $82,400 $67,650
Chief Student Affairs Officer $161,000 $109,000 $5,800
Two-Year Overall
CEO Single Institution $141,685 $192,155
Chief Academic Officer $99,648 $133,744
Chief Business Officer $97,020 $130,770
Chief Development Officer $79,971 $122,764
Chief Information
Systems Officer $86,138 $102,175
Chief HR Officer $79,236 $85,000
Chief Student Affairs Officer $89,174 $104,916
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