On average, faculty salary levels increased by 3.4 percent between 1997-98 by 1.7 percent when adjusted for inflation, the data show.
Data show that salary disparities continue to exist between faculty at different types of schools.
It also will be printed in the upcoming issue of the AAUP magazine, Academe. The report, Disparities in the Salaries and Appointments of Academic Women and Men, is an update of a 1988 report on the status of women in academe. The report predicts that graduates in technology-related disciplines will continue to receive the largest increases in starting salaries. Leaders' Expectations of Higher Education. The report, released by The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, is the result of a survey conducted last fall of 600 individuals, including higher education deans and administrators, professors, and government and business leaders.