According to an article on the Inside Higher Ed site, “Salaries Fell for 32.6% of Faculty.” Here are the opening paragraphs:
The median salary change for faculty members in 2009-10 was 0 percent — and for many professors, no change would have been better than the decreases they experienced.
The figures on faculty salaries come from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, which is today releasing its annual report on faculty salaries. The CUPA-HR report focuses on overall trends and disciplinary averages. The American Association of University Professors, which is due to issue its report next month, also releases institution-by-institution information.
The only consolation that the CUPA-HR report offers faculty members is that, because inflation was negative for the year, those whose salaries didn’t change at all came out slightly ahead in spending power (at least in theory).
