Check out salaries of Presidents (called Chancellors) at 6 UC campuses that are ranked higher than Ohio State: Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, and Davis. And UIUC, UNC Chapel Hill, UNiversity of Virginia, William and Mary, and Wisconsin-Madison Presidents.
That is 11 out of 15 public universities ranked higher than Ohio State by USNWR.
But I have to say that salaries have gone up for presidents, and Drake’s 800K isn’t as out of whack as Gee’s salary during the start of his second term was.
The recent complaints that I read about were more focused on the Board of Directors. I think everyone agrees here that Drake’s salary is not out of line for the level of responsibility he has. However, there remains the issues of increased administrative staff that are making substantially more than professors, the issue of the high number of part-time professors, and the issue of having the university make financial decisions for students (housing and meal requirements) that may very well increase their debt or make it unaffordable for them to attend OSU. I think that a main consideration of the university to instate that requirement is motivated greatly by a desire to increase revenue. From the comments posted in response to the Lantern article, appears most of the posters agree.
So, does anyone know how much the Board of Directors are paid?
I was at Kent yesterday and they require students to live on campus for two years. My brothers university requires people to live on campus for two years. It is not like OSU is the first school to do this and they also are not forcing students to live in the cinderblock jail cell dorms. Just my opinion but I am only in high school.
@momofsmartdancer - that’s great. I’m glad you have so much inside information. I’m sure nobody else has such a connection to the university… (Oh, wait, maybe some of us do!).
Either way, does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? OSU is a good school with great programs, and will continue to get better, and as a result, people will continue to flock there. Apparently, for at least 65,000 people (and another 50,000+ potentials every year), the good outweighs the bad.
In the real world talented people have choices. If someone in private industry says we will pay you 5x for your talent what the college pays, most will take the private industry job. For those who prefer the college environment the pay has to be “close enough”.
Indeed they do. So if you’re motivated by profit, then go make your choice.
That’s still rife with fallacious reasoning. Many people are not motivated by making obscene amounts of money, and that’s why they go into nonprofit. Those who are not interested in making the world a better place can always go work for businesses. Beyond that, university presidents are hardly paid middle-class wages. University professors still make enough money to put them firmly within the 1%. So they’re not exactly making slave wages while running some behemoth shadow corporation.
But all of that’s beside the point, and just more evidence that you’re using faulty reasoning to justify your apologism. OSU isn’t the most unequal public university in the nation because of the salary of its president. It’s the most unequal university in the nation because of the the runaway debt of its students and the low wages of its professors. More than 40% of credit hours at OSU are taught by part-time faculty and grad students who don’t clear the poverty line.