Journal article
The Impact of U.S. News College Rankings on the Compensation of College and University Presidents
Research in higher education, Vol.60(1), pp.1-17
03/12/2018
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-018-9501-7
Abstract
Widespread attention to college tuition and student loan debt has resulted in increasing scrutiny of high levels of compensation for college and university administrators. Prior research has sought to identify a “pay for performance” relationship in executive compensation, but discovered no clear link between presidential salaries and performance measures. This study proposes
U.S. News & World Report
college rankings as a highly meaningful performance metric and employs a fixed effects regression model to determine the relationship between college rankings and presidential salary. We find a significant relationship between rank and presidential salary at public universities, but not at private universities and liberal arts colleges, consistent with an academic capitalism model.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Impact of U.S. News College Rankings on the Compensation of College and University Presidents
- Creators
- Ryan Yeung - Hunter CollegePhilip Gigliotti - University at Albany, State University of New YorkPhuong Nguyen-Hoang - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research in higher education, Vol.60(1), pp.1-17
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11162-018-9501-7
- ISSN
- 0361-0365
- eISSN
- 1573-188X
- Grant note
- College at Brockport, State University of New York (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011958)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/12/2018
- Academic Unit
- School of Planning and Public Affairs; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984271559202771
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