Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968 [PAGE 273]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

1966]

U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

221

The figures in Schedule C for 1965-66 show that although the University did make a gain of one position in the rank order for full professors and assistant professors, its relative position for associate professors was not improved. For instructors, there was a gain from eighth to fifth position, but this has relatively little significance since only a small proportion of faculty members are at this rank, and the number grows smaller each year. Salary comparisons have also been made between the University's averages for the four academic ranks and those of thirty institutions (including the University) which award the highest number of Ph.D. degrees. Among these thirty institutions, for 1965-66, the University ranked fifteenth in average salary for full professors, twenty-second for associate professors, seventeenth for assistant professors, and thirteenth for instructors. Inasmuch as the University of Illinois has regularly been ranked among the top ten universities in this country in quality as a graduate and research institution, it seems reasonable to argue that its faculty salaries should have a corresponding standing. T h e relatively modest "catch-up" increase of about one-half of one per cent proposed for 1967-69 will not bring the University either up to the midpoint of the group of nine universities or within the top ten of the group of thirty just mentioned. But this additional increment probably would enable the University to do somewhat better than maintain its present, disproportionately low salary status among comparable institutions. It is hoped that similar increments can be added each biennium until the University has arrived at least at the midpoint in the group of nine and within the top ten of the group of thirty comparison universities. Schedule C I. Average Salaries (Nine-Months' Service) at a Selected Group of Eight Institutions Comparable to the University of Illinois T h e n u m b e r s in p a r e n t h e s e s following the salary figures show the rank order within each column.

Professors University A B C D E F G H Illinois. . . . University A B C D E F G H Illinois.... 1965-66 ? 1 6 976 (4) 17 254 (2) 17 368 (1) 17 115 (3) 16 730 (5) 15 449 (7) 14 870 (9) 15 147 (8) 15 498 (6) 1965-66 $9 342 (3) 9 221 (4) 9 519 (2) 9 204 (5) 9 627 (1) 9 043 (6) 8 557 (9) 8 963 (8) 8 981 (7) 1964-6S £16 537 (2) 16 695 (1) 16 230 (3) 15 901 (4) 15 564 (5) 14 700 (6) 14 021 (9) 14 341 (8) 14 471 (7) Assistant 1964-65 $9 090 (2) 9 796 (1) 9 068 (3) 8 695 (6) 9 040 (4) 8 708 (5) 8 187 (9) 8 579 (7) 8 361 (8) 1963-64 $16 005 (1) 15 991 (2) 15 219 (3) 14 943 (4) 14 300 (5) 14 193 (6) 13 532 (8) 13 512 (9) 14 019 (7) 1963-64 $9 000 (2) 9 290 (1) 8 463 (3) 8 159 (7) 8 234 (5) 8 190 (6) 8 043 (9) 8 255 (4) 8 140 (8) Associate 1965-66 $\2 013 (4) 12 194 (1) 12 175 (2) 11 806 (5) 12 027 (3) 11 045 (6) 10 773 (9) 10 973 (7) 10 965 (8) 1965-66 $1 294 (1) 7 281 (2) 7 202 (3) 6 967 (7) 6 814 (8) 7 026 (6) 6 561 (9) 7 158 (4) 7 112 (5) Professors #11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 1963-64 516 (2) 878 (1) 907 (3) 482 (5) 056 (7) 052 (8) 583 (4) 062 (6) 986 (9) 1963-64 970 (2) 366 (1) 503 (6) 700 (3) 254 (8) 700 (3) 099 (9) 498 (7) 652 (5) 1964-65 ?11 676 (2) 12 390 CI) 11 533 (3) 11 073 (5) 11 351 (4) 10 556 (7) 10 203 (9) 10 604 (6) 10 301 (8) Instructors 1964-65 J7 070 (2) 7 986 (1) 6 875 (6) 6 988 (3) 6 895 (5) 6 909 (4) 6 187 (9) 6 850 (7) 6 716 (8) ?6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Professors

II. Percentage Increase in Averages, 1963-64 to 1965-66 Associate Assistant University Professor Professor Professor Instructor A 6.07 4.32 3.80 4.65 B 7.90 2.66 -.07 -1.15 C 14.12 11.63 12.48 10.75 D 14.54 12.63 12.80 3.99 E 16.99 19.60 16.92 8.95 F 8.85 9.88 10.42 4.87 G 9.89 1.80 6.39 7.58 H 12.10 9.05 8.58 10.16 Illinois 10.55 9.80 10.33 6.92