Scott receives $60k pay hike

by Sarah R. Buchholz, Chronicle staff

hancellor David K. Scott received a $60,000 pay increase from the University this month, retroactive to July 1999. Scott's new salary is $220,000 per year.

     Scott's previous salary, $160,000, was less than at least nine campus administrators, including at least four deans.

     The increase came as a result of a President's Office study done this summer of the salaries of leaders of comparable public institutions, according to Robert Connolly, associate vice president for Communications. The study revealed a market average of nearly $214,000, according to Kay Scanlan, interim assistant vice chancellor for Communications and Marketing. The College and University Professional Association of Human Resources reports the national median as being more than $225,000. Connolly said the study could lead to increases for leaders at some of the other campuses as they are reviewed or their employment anniversaries come up but that Scott was the first person to benefit from the study.

     Scott plans to take a one-year paid leave of absence after stepping down June 30.