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• Position: STATELINE - Income of college presidents - Brief article

Although tuition is skyrocketing, more college presidents are earning an annual compensation of $500,000 or more, fueled in part by stiff competition from schools looking for the best candidates. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, 112 of the 853 public and private university presidents surveyed said they had pay and benefits of more than half a million dollars. The jump was more prominent among public university presidents, rising from 23 last year to 42 with...