Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, January 8, 1995 TAG: 9501090067
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Medium
In letters dated last month, Allen said the presidents of four-year colleges should have received salary increases of 2.25 percent with no bonuses. Most received raises and bonuses totaling 11.9 percent.
In contrast, salaries for state college faculty and staff went up an average of 3.5 percent statewide Dec.1. Allen said his agency directors and cabinet secretaries were given 2.25 percent raises this year with no bonuses, as were the presidents of the state's community colleges.
``Many of these community college presidents may be deserving of larger raises,'' Allen wrote, ``but the principle of equity took precedence.''
A Dec.7 letter from Allen to David Peebles, the rector of Christopher Newport University, addressed an 11.9 percent raise for university President Anthony Santoro.
``While I trust that your decisions on state-funded pay were determined after a complete and thorough performance evaluation for the previous 12-month period, your actions are well above the salary increases being provided to other state employees and faculty,'' Allen wrote.
Similar letters were sent to rectors at other state colleges, said a spokeswoman for Secretary of Education Beverly Sgro.
Allen wrote that he had received ``numerous calls and letters'' complaining about the raises for college presidents.
Peebles said Santoro's raise was justified because he is doing a good job at a time when college presidents are under pressure to cut costs and improve quality.
Jim Murray, rector for the College of William and Mary, said that even with the raises, university presidents receive a fraction of what talented managers get in the marketplace. William and Mary President Tim Sullivan received a 6.2 percent raise but no bonus.
by CNB