Professors at N.C. Central get paid well, but those at UNC-Asheville might want to ask for a raise.
That's according to a study of higher education salaries released today by the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy*.
The study found that salaries for all faculty at four state colleges — N.C. Central, UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Pembroke and Winston-Salem State — are at least 80 percent of those at similar colleges.
But some professors at Elizabeth City State and N.C. State and all UNC-Asheville and N.C. A&T faculty were below the mean and median levels of their colleagues at other schools.
Foundation analyst Jon Sanders said he looked at the pay scale in part to see if there is a "brain drain" at state colleges. He said the study alone would not answer the question.
"If there is a brain drain, it's not owing to salaries," he said.
The House budget proposal calls for a 2.5 percent salary increase and a one-time $400 bonus for state college professors.
* Correction: An earlier version of the post misstated the group which funded the survey. Jon Sanders works for the John Locke Foundation, but the study was done for the Pope Center.
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If I write a "report," will you publish it, too?
I have one in the works called the LPRI (Lies Per "Report" Index) which studies the outputs of the multi-million dollar opinion manufacturing organization you all are so fond of covering.
Sanders said . . . "the study alone would not answer the question."
Exactly what question will this "report" answer?
If the Dome thought this was important news, why not just go to the source (state government) and do the analysis yourself? Why does the entire N&O organization allow itself to be used as a soapbox for Art Pope's paid extremists?
I really don't get it.