Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, July 5, 1990                   TAG: 9007050313
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Medium

VA. TOPS REGION IN PAY RAISES FOR COLLEGE FACULTIES

During the decade, teachers at four-year public institutions in Virginia earned increases averaging 117.7 percent. Nationally, faculty salaries grew by 89.3 percent during the period. Regionally, the average increase was 92.3 percent, the report said.

The estimated average faculty salary in Virginia in 1989-90 was $46,941, highest in the region, according to the report. The U.S. average was $42,518, the regional average $40,008.

In the region, Florida and Maryland were close behind Virginia with average salaries of $44,652 and $44,384, respectively.

"What this means is we can attract outstanding faculty from anywhere in the world, and we are doing that," said Barry M. Dorsey, associate director of the State council of Higher Education.

In 1979-80, the average faculty salary at four-year institutions in the region was $20,810. The national average was $22,459. No Southern Regional Education Board state exceeded the national average. Virginia's average, third best in the region behind Maryland and Florida, was $21,567.

Ten years later, the salaries of the three top Southern Regional Education Board states - Virginia, Florida and Maryland - all exceeded the national average.

For 1990-91, proposed pay increases for faculty at four-year colleges and universities in the region range from 2 percent to 14 percent, the report said. In Virginia, the increases will fall between 3.9 percent and 5.1 percent.