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The article presents a survey of finance leaders at higher institutions in the U.S. in 2019. It shows that colleges and universities remain to rely on tuition revenue for revenue increases, with 53% anticipating at least modest increases in the area. It reveals that staff salaries and health benefits will be the most common areas to experience increases on the spending side.

The article focuses on a survey on the increase in salaries of vice-chancellors at universities and colleges in Great Britain. Topics discussed are the increase in the vice-chancellors' salaries and benefits in Great Britain in the academic year 2012-2013, the information on salaries offered to full-time higher education professional and the role of universities remuneration committee in fixing executive's salaries and allowances. Also mentions salaries offered in Great Britain's colleges.

The article presents the report "Fulfilling our Potential-Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice" which reveals decline in graduate earnings gap in higher education in Great Britain. It presents the Student Experience Survey 2016 of the periodical for rating of universities for their best industry connections to improve students' employability. It also presents the views of Christine Buchanan, dean of students at the Robert Gordon University, the same.

The article discusses the more than 1,000 graduate union members of New York University's Polytechnic School of Engineering who have signed a letter demanding better wages and improved access to health benefits, focusing on labor organizing, innovation, and employment contracts.

Several tables are presented related to annual executive salaries in New Hampshire (NH) from 2011-2012 including 434,072 U.S. dollars salary of Paul J. LeBlanc, president of the Dartmouth College, 334,440 U.S. dollars salary of Mark Huddleston, president of the University of NH and 173,293 U.S. dollars salary of retired judge John Arnold.

In a utopian world, the decision of which job to take (or how long to stay in it) would be motivated by purely intrinsic reasons. However, this unfortunately isn't the reality. In fact, for many, the financial compensation serves as the primary driver in career choices. The bottom line is that campus employees do need to be able to provide for themselves and their families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses litigation and regulation for employee overtime in colleges and universities in the U.S. under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It looks at the exclusionary classifications for employees from being required to receive overtime pay as well as emphasizes the proposal of the Department of Labor to increase the minimum salary threshold required for excluding an employee from being paid overtime. The anticipated impact of the proposal on higher education is noted.

The article reports on spending of King's College London on its three-year legal battle to prevent the salaries of high earning professors and senior managers from being published and request for disclosure via Freedom of Information Act was referred to Information Commissioner's Office in 2013.

Statistics are given regarding salaries of college staff in Great Britain including the number of colleges that pay a high salary to their principals, average pay for university vice-chancellors, and pay for senior staff.

The article reports that several college unions such as Unison and the University and College Union has criticized the Association of Colleges for not recommending a pay increase for 2015-16 despite their call to increase one pound per hour for all staff. It presents views of UCU's Michael MacNeil and Unison's Jon Richards on the same.

In this article, the author focuses on factors which helped the Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (EPFL) institution of Switzerland to become world's leading institution according to the 100 Under 50 university ranking conducted by the periodical. Topics discussed include proactive approach towards technology transfer, research and education, EPFL's transformation in hiring policy in terms of employee salary and transferring laboratory scale ideas to industrial and economic sectors.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Performance-related pay is 'way-forward"' in the February 26, 2015 issue, "Miliband announces £6K tuition fees pledge" in the February 27, 2015 issue and "Agents paid in average of £1,767 per non-EU recruit" in the February 19, 2015 issue.

The article focuses on the library of the University of North Texas (UNT). A protest by faculty and students of a November 2013 announcement that the library would required to cut $1.7 million from its materials budget which resulted in that decision being rescinded by school administrators is discussed. Efforts by school administrators to make the library responsible for library employee fringe benefits are examined.

The article reports on the growing collision course between Great Britain universities and unions with the plans to eliminate the Universities Superannuation Scheme's final salary scheme for the career revalued benefits (CRB) scheme introduced in 2011. It mentions the number of staff who will be moved into the CRB scheme, the effective pay cut with the CRB pensions, and the annual costs of the schemes. Also discussed is the consideration of salary threshold by the Employers Pensions Forum.

The article reports on discrepancies in paternity pay in British universities, according to data collected by the University and College Union (UCU), and mentions topics including statutory paternity pay offered by universities and two-tier systems operated by some universities.

The article reports on the plan of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to end final salary pensions of academics and other university staff. Topics discussed include the reduction in the final pensions received under the career average system, the reason for the required changes according to independent pensions adviser John Ralfe, and the expected impact of the plans for university staff.

The article reports that British University and College Union will sue universities for unlawful docking of a full day's pay for staff joining two-hour strikes and discusses a survey by the Universities and Colleges Employers Association on deductions in payment of staff as of January 2014.

The article reports the inequality in pay in higher education based on a study conducted by the Young Greens, the Green party's youth and student branch in Great Britain. Particular focus is given to the huge variations in average pay between the highest-paid and lowest-paid workers in universities and institutions in 2010, 2011 and 2012. It also discusses the participation of local authorities to reduce the pay inequalities.

The article focuses on a proposed rulemaking regarding the retirement system at universities in Illinois as proposed by the State Universities Retirement System. It mentions the areas in which changes have been implemented including the rule on Making Preliminary Estimated Payments, the rule compliance with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act and changes in the Illinois Pension Code.

The article focuses on issues related to parking demand within college campus and also discusses management of campus parking systems in the U.S. It mentions that keeping charges for campus parking is an easy way to manage parking demand and further proposes three programs for paring management based on salary-based parking charges. It further discusses drawbacks of salary-based parking programs and also mentions that few colleges are also looking for fixed salary-based approach.

The article discusses labor disputes between British colleges and employees, and examines reports from the labor union Unison that 58% of colleges agreed to pay all employees living wages. Layoffs of college employees are commented on, and the positive impact of living wages on employees' lives are examined.

A chart is presented which shows the result of an annual engineering faculty salary survey conducted by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

The article reports on the developments in the British higher education sector. It claims that the sector could spend over 2 million pounds annually for the salaries of staff hired to assist institutions in handling the impact element of the research excellence framework (REF). The opinion of University College London (UCL) vice-provost for research David Price on the developments is also cited.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Brickbats Don't Stack Up" and "Rare Cite" in the August 30, 2012 issue, and "Basic Economics: Make Sure The Staff Are Paid" in the August 23, 2012 issue.

The article offers higher education news brief as of May 2016. Topics discussed include plans of the Quebec government to take control over university leaders' salaries and benefits, institute to be launched by Beijing Jiaotong University with Lancaster University to offer undergraduate degrees in computing, design, engineering and environmental science, and memoranda of understanding signed by Cuba and Great Britain, on higher education, culture and financial and professional services.

The article reports on the student exams that are likely to be disrupted due to the announcement of University and College Union that its members will stage protest from May 25-26, 2016 at the offer of pay increase for 2016-17, and plans for further strike if employers do not improve the pay offer.

The article discusses the most requested benefits among candidates applying for jobs at U.S. universities and colleges. Topics covered include applicants' attraction to employers that offer choice or customizable benefits, job requirements of Generation Z members such as a private workspace, and the importance of research support and funding to those applying for faculty positions. Also mentioned are preferences for flexible work schedules, continuing education and career development.