UIHistories Project: A History of the University of Illinois by Kalev Leetaru
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The Faculty

SUMMAEY OF SALAEIES 1903-04 AND 1919-20 Salaries $6000 or over 5500 or over 5000 or over 4500 or over 4000 or over 3500 or over 3000 or over 2500 or over 2000 or over 1500 or over 1000 or over Less than $1000

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1903-04 1919-20 Number Per Cent Number Per Cent 1 0.6 10 2.0 1 0.0 16 3.2 1 0.6 29 5.8 1 0.6 37 7.4 1 0.6 62 12.5 2 1.1 97 19.5 6 3.4 130 28.2 18 10.3 176 35.4 42 39.7 282 56.8 69 39.7 416 83.8 122 70.1 495 99.8 52 29.9 1 2

The following table shows the average salaries received by members of the faculty of each rank in 1903-04 and in 1919-20. The average increase was 83 per cent.

AVERAGE SALARIES OF FULL-TIME MEMBERS 1903-04 $1,321 2,871 2,166 1,867 1,475 978 778 1919-20 $2,419 5,195 3,847 2,910 2,544 2,066 1,614 1,306 %of Increase Increase $1,098 83 2,324 1,681 1,043 1,069 .... 978 528 80 77 55 72 65 67

Average for Instructional Staff • • . • Deans1. Professors Associate Professors Assistant Professors Associates Instructors Assistants

Scholarship, teaching ability and personality are elements that cannot easily be represented by statistics. These qualities, however, together with the activity evidenced as an investigator and a writer, form the basis of the judgment passed upon a teacher by his professional brethren in other institutions and by the world at large. Thus, one indication of the growth in

'No administrative officers of the University other than deans are included in the table