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CSU approves salary increases
Nicole Lieurance
Issue date: 9/20/07 Section: News
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California State University executives are scheduled to receive a 46 percent pay increase over the next four years, because of a Wednesday vote at a CSU board of trustees meeting in Long Beach, Calif.
Chancellor Charles Reed, his four chief deputies and the 23 CSU campus presidents will each receive an average 11.8 percent pay increase this year, CSU spokesperson Paul Browning said.
The raises, which were approved by the board on a 15-2 vote, have been fiercely opposed by some students and faculty members.
Alice Sunshine, a representative for the California Faculty Association, said the executive raises were "unfair," since "the CSU is not exactly rolling in money right now."
"They could put that money instead toward lowering student fees," said junior photography major Stephanie Haney.
Haney, who works part time at a movie theater, also said that the recent 10 percent student fee increase is "making it harder" for her as a student.
Currently there are two bills, one in the state legislature and another on the governor's desk, that aim to create openness in the CSU system with regard to executive compensation. Sunshine said the CFA hopes that, if passed, the bills will help curb executive raises such as the ones approved in Wednesday's meeting.
One Assembly Bill 1413, would restrict compensation for outgoing CSU executives while the other, Senate Bill 190, would require discussions of executive compensations to be held in open session, giving the public an opportunity to comment.
The CSU has maintained that executive raises are necessary to compete with compensation offered at other universities, Browning said.
"We want to attract top quality people to our university," he said.
According to a July study conducted by Mercer Human Resources, a global human resources consultancy, "the average salary for CSU presidents continues to lag significantly behind the average salary paid by these comparison institutions."
Chancellor Charles Reed, his four chief deputies and the 23 CSU campus presidents will each receive an average 11.8 percent pay increase this year, CSU spokesperson Paul Browning said.
The raises, which were approved by the board on a 15-2 vote, have been fiercely opposed by some students and faculty members.
Alice Sunshine, a representative for the California Faculty Association, said the executive raises were "unfair," since "the CSU is not exactly rolling in money right now."
"They could put that money instead toward lowering student fees," said junior photography major Stephanie Haney.
Haney, who works part time at a movie theater, also said that the recent 10 percent student fee increase is "making it harder" for her as a student.
Currently there are two bills, one in the state legislature and another on the governor's desk, that aim to create openness in the CSU system with regard to executive compensation. Sunshine said the CFA hopes that, if passed, the bills will help curb executive raises such as the ones approved in Wednesday's meeting.
One Assembly Bill 1413, would restrict compensation for outgoing CSU executives while the other, Senate Bill 190, would require discussions of executive compensations to be held in open session, giving the public an opportunity to comment.
The CSU has maintained that executive raises are necessary to compete with compensation offered at other universities, Browning said.
"We want to attract top quality people to our university," he said.
According to a July study conducted by Mercer Human Resources, a global human resources consultancy, "the average salary for CSU presidents continues to lag significantly behind the average salary paid by these comparison institutions."
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