Dear Commons Community,

As I indicated earlier I am at the American Education Research Association Conference in New Orleans.  In a little while I will be giving a presentation entitled,  Examining the Extent and Nature of Online Learning in American K-12 Education:  A Symposium on the Research Initiatives in Online Education of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.    My Powerpoint presentation is available at: http://www.slideshare.net/apicciano/aera-symposium-2011

The paper is attached.

Tony

Attachment:  Paper Final Picciano 031811

Dear Commons Community,

The American Association of University Professors issued its annual report of faculty salaries , “It’s Not Over Yet: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2010–11.”  Essentially it  found a continuation of a long-term trend of institutions using more graduate student employees, part-time professors and non-tenure-track instructors.  Such appointments now make up more than three-quarters of total faculty, compared with two-thirds in 1995.  Included in its findings:

.Average faculty salaries rose 1.4 percent from 2009-10 to 2010-11, even  though average pay decreased at 30 percent of colleges and universities;

.Full professors at doctoral universities earned $127,296 for the current academic year, and assistant professors $72,893.

.There is a gap between public universities, where full professors averaged $118,054 and assistant professors $69,777, and private institutions, where full professors’ average salary was $157,282 and assistant professors’ $86,189.

.Pay is substantially less at liberal arts colleges and community colleges.

.Men continue to earn substantially more than women.

This report is based on data from a survey of more than 1,300 colleges and universities.

Tony