Do Colleges Face "Public Relations Hit" Over High Paid Presidents?
The Chronicle of Higher Education released updated data today on compensation for college and university presidents. A record 23 presidents received more than $1 million in total compensation for fiscal 2008. “…colleges will have to absorb the public relations hit that comes with offering seven-figure compensation to an academic leader,” wrote the Associated Press‘ Justin Pope.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute president Shirley Ann Jackson topped the list with compensation of $1.6 million. Theresa Bourgeois, Assistant to the President for Media and Public Relations at RPI told PRNewser that Jackson’s salary “is a reflection of her achievements…over last ten years since she has become president she has led an extraordinary and unprecedented transformation of the institute.
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