THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, July 30, 1994 TAG: 9407300214
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Top administrators of the state's university system got hefty pay raises Friday as the university governors approved the largest operating budget in state history.
Officials at the University of North Carolina System headquarters got raises averaging 7 percent and chancellors of the 16 state colleges and universities got about 9 1/2 percent.
Professors not covered by the 4 percent raises given many state employees by the General Assembly this year were guaranteed 2 percent. They will be eligible for raises totaling 7 percent, or more in some cases, at the discretion of campus chancellors.
The discretionary raises can be doled out as a chancellor wishes, either across-the-board or to certain faculty members a school wants to keep or lure.
The difference between guaranteed raises for administrators and professors was justified, said UNC President C.D. Spangler Jr.
``The chancellors' situation is this,'' Spangler said after the meeting. ``Last year they were given 2 percent, the year before and the year before that they got zero percent'' and four years ago they received 6 percent.
``The faculty during this time did see larger increases,'' he added. ``We have 16 chancellors and we have 18,000 faculty members and you better be very careful that chancellor is very good and we're willing to pay.''
Still, the professors' wage pool provided the largest percentage raises since 1985 and the largest dollar amount increases ever, he said. More than $47.7 million was appropriated by the General Assembly for university pay raises.
University figures show full professor salaries range from $104,200 at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State to $74,400 at smaller universities. Instructors, at the bottom of the academic pay ladder, receive a high of $51,800 and a low of $43,500. The figures are only for state funds and don't take into account grants or other stipends.
Spangler will earn $155,550 for the 1994-95 fiscal year. In past years, Spangler has divided his salary up as gifts to the universities.
Seven vice presidents make between $114,600 and $155,550 each.
The best-paid chancellors are at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University at $150,360 each. All other chancellors make more than $100,000 with the exception of Elizabeth City State University at $95,530.
Raises are included in the $1.88 billion operating budget of the university system, which Spangler said was the largest in state history. ILLUSTRATION: SELECTED UNC SALARIES
UNC System President C.D. Spangler Jr., $155,550.
Vice President-Academic Affairs William Little, $153,500.
Vice President-Finance Felix Joyner, $152,930.
Vice President-Communications Wyndham Robertson, $124,980.
Vice President-Planning Roy Carroll, $120,430.
University Chancellors
UNC-Chapel Hill, Paul Hardin, $150,360.
N.C. State, Larry K. Monteith, $150,360.
East Carolina, Richard Eakin, $128,830.
UNC-Greensboro, William Moran, $129,210.
Appalachian State, Francis Borkowski, $122,230.
Fayetteville State, Lloyd Hackley, $117,820.
North Carolina A&T, Edward B. Fort, $122,230.
N.C. Central, Julius Chambers, $134,020.
UNC-Charlotte, James Woodward, $128,830.
UNC-Wilmington, James Leutze, $119,900.
Western Carolina, John Wakeley, $113,160.
Elizabeth City State, Jimmy Jenkins, $95,530.
N.C. School of the Arts, Alex Ewing, $108,180.
Pembroke State, Joseph Oxendine, $110,170.
UNC-Asheville, Patsy Reed, $109,500.
Winston-Salem State, Cleon Thompson, $114,200.
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