Black Woman Is Nation’s Highest Paid College President
From The Grio:
The fast-growing group of millionaire private college and university presidents hit a new record in recent years, and it’s likely more college leaders will make seven-figure salaries once the slumping economy rebounds.
A record 23 presidents received more than $1 million in total compensation in fiscal 2008, according to an analysis of the most recently available data published Monday by the Chronicle of Higher Education. A record one in four in the study of 419 colleges’ mandatory IRS filings made at least $500,000.
Topping the list is Shirley Ann Jackson at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., whose total compensation the Chronicle pegged at nearly $1.6 million. She was followed by David Sargent at Suffolk University in Boston, who made $1.5 million. However, one-third of his compensation had been reported as deferred compensation last year and counted as salary this year — an example of the difficulty of making straightforward compensation comparisons.
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small and private… and pretty much none of our dayum bizzness is what they feel @ jazz… one of the many things that make us go…. hmmmmmm???
To prove my point, this is the demographic facts from the school website:
Rensselaer Quick Facts
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Resident Undergraduate Students
Full-time: 5,534 Part-time: 5
Total: 5,539
Resident Graduate Students
Full-time: 1,055 Part-time: 111
Total: 1,166
Is it just me or there’s no statistics on race base demographics like all school has.Makes you wonder why she gets paid as much as she does.
this is a great individual accomplishment, but to whose expense?
1)what’s the percentage of the black and brown incoming students and overall school population?
2)what’s the rate of the aforementioned between the two genders?
3)what’s the retention rate?
4)availability of financial aid?
5)Student’s debt after graduation?
She’s doing her job and deserves it…..MORE POWER TO YA!
For all the black women that say black men are jealous and need to get their own piece of the pie, need to do research. Look at Corp America, Prof Sports teams coaches, doctors , US Presidents Supreme Court Justices (past and presemt) and oh yeah college prez. Just because everytime it happens its not a major story don’t mean it doesn’t happen. Also check the head of the US military Colin Powell.
as a black woman it feels good to see this. This was 1 of the schools I was looking at when I was researching schools. She may not have the HIGHEST graduation rate but its VERY good. Jackson has actually done A LOT for the school. I especially love what she did with the research programs especially in the Biosciences. Majority of my friends that landed jobs as hydrologists and other environmental scientists and biotechnology related professions have researched there and made major connects and got ridiculous hookups on stuuuuupid salaries. But anywhozy, I think shes been doing a great job and I like the fact that she has a passion for science!
Jackson..U GO GURL!
Blaque ivory, you sound just like the stereotypical female who takes anything personal. Everybody has a right to their opinion or views in the world. I’m not nere to please anybody on BP and gonna speak my mind regardless. I was commenting from school and I’m a college student myself. What’s there to be jealous about? A sucessful woman doesn’t bother me one bit. I just hate b/itches who have to alienate everybody around them because they are “successful.” Blaque ivory, you’re just like that woman ironically named Ivory on “I want to work for Diddy” season 2.
blaque_ivory… are u stupid or did u just wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning… The subject at hand is her being highly paid for a job, there is certain criteria that merits whether she should be compensated for doing this particular job. I dont care who it is male or female, black or ashy, u dipsticks get on my nerves
blaque_ivory I agree with what you said, but for all you know they ARE at work commenting on these articles.
Sometimes I comment from school (like now) or sometimes from home, You’re telling people not to judge as you judge them.
That tends to be a bit confusing.
That’s great! I would have to also add that if someone wants to graduate it’s their responsibility, not the President’s. So if the graduation rate was not as high as her salary, it wouldn’t reflect negatively on the President, but moreso on the student. Stop hating on a black woman doing her thang. Black men really need to stop being jealous of successful black women and go out and get their own slice of the American pie, that way they won’t be sitting at home on their ass when they should be working, criticizing the desirables in this world.
I agree J Rok. That salary doesn’t mean anything if the students aren’t graduating or receiving proper services at their school.
So does she have the highest graduation rate to compliment that?