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15 college presidents who’ve been paid millionaire salaries

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger

  • Pay for university presidents has risen dramatically over the last several years, according to data from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  • The highest-paid university president as of 2016, former Baylor head Ken Starr, made 41 times the average full-time professor salary.
  • Here are the 15 highest-paid public and private university presidents as of 2016, the latest year for which data was available.
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Much like business-executive pay, university-president compensation has grown over the past decade.

Average compensation for private college presidents jumped 4% year over year in 2016 and 9% in 2015, according to data from read more >>>

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com