Claim: "We have to recognize that our salaries for faculty are the lowest in New England with the exception of the University of Maine."
Fact-check: University of Rhode Island president David Dooley says that average salaries at URI are the second-lowest among New England's state universities
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Alex Kuffner
Date published: 2012-05-03T00:00:00