Table of Contents
List of Tables and Graphs
Executive Summary
Introduction
Page 3
Page 4
Page 6
Numbers of Administrators vs. Faculty
Administrator and Faculty Salaries
Page 7
Page 10
Detailed Look at FIU Administrator and Faculty Personnel and Salaries Page 11
Conclusion Page 17
Appendix I: Faculty Ranks Page 18
Appendix II: Administrator Ranks
Appendix III: 40 Highest Paid FIU Administrators and Faculty: 2013
Appendix IV: Methodology Notes
Page 19
Page 20
Page 22
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List of Tables and Graphs
Table 1
Graph 1
Table 2
Graph 2
Table 3
Table 4
Graph 3
Table 5
Graph 4
Table 6
Table 7
Faculty, Administrator and Student Headcounts: 2004-2013
Page 7
Faculty, Administrator and Student Headcount and FTE
Growth: 2004 to 2013
Page 8
Faculty, Administrator and Student FTE: 2004-2013
Faculty, Administrator and Student FTE Index: 2004 to
2013
Page 8
Page 9
Student/Faculty FTE Ratio: 2004-2013
Page 9
Faculty and Administrator Budget and Student Tuition
Revenue: 2004-2013
Page 10
Faculty and Administrator Budget and Student Tuition
Percent Change: 2004-2013
Page 11
Average Annual Salary and Total Number of Faculty by
Tenure Status: 2004-2013
Page 12
Share of Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty from All Faculty:
2004-2013
Page 12
Average Annual Salary and Total Number by Faculty
Position: 2004-2013
Page 14
Average Annual Salary and Total Number by
Administrator Position: 2004-2013
Page 15
Page 17
Table 8 Faculty to Administrator Salary and Headcount Ratio:
2004-2013
Appendix I Faculty Ranks
Appendix II Administrator Ranks
Appendix III 40 Highest Paid FIU Administrators and Faculty: 2013
Page 18
Page 19
Page 20
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Executive Summary
This report analyzes the trends in Florida International University (FIU) expenditures on faculty and faculty salaries compared to expenditures on administration and administrators’ salaries for the years 2004 through 2013. Previous reports were produced in 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011. This report extends the analysis of FIU’s expenditures with data available in October 2013, including faculty salaries through the
2013-2014 academic year. This report supports previous findings that FIU is experiencing administrative bloat, expanding the resources of administration at the expense of instruction, research and service.
Findings:

Between 2004 and 2013 the growth of administrative personnel was more than twice as great as the growth of faculty. The total number of faculty increased by 19.8 percent while the total number of administrators grew by 44.3 percent.

Between 2004 and 2013 faculty FTE grew by 20.0 percent, administrator FTE grew by 43.4 percent and student FTE grew by 45.6 percent.
 Between 2004 and 2013 total administrator salaries grew by 57.4 percent compared to
26.4 for faculty. FIU administration experienced an overall personnel budget growth that was 2.2 times as great as faculty budget growth.
 The student-faculty FTE ratio shows that individual faculty are responsible for more students, a 21.4 percent increase between 2004 and 2013.
 The student to faculty FTE ratio of tenured/tenure-track faculty increased by 35.4 percent between 2004 and 2013 compared to an overall decline of 7.5 percent for the student to faculty FTE ratio of non-tenured/non-tenure-track faculty.
 Between 2004 and 2013 the total number of non-tenured/non-tenure-track faculty increased by 56.9 percent and the total number of
tenured/tenure-track faculty increased by 7.3 percent.
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 Between 2004 and 2013 faculty experienced an average salary increase of 5.6 percent. All faculty positions experienced some average salary growth between 2004 and 2013 with the exception of instructional specialists and program directors.
Librarians and research associates observed the lowest salary growth, 2.8 and 3.5 percent, while professors and assistant professors experienced the greatest gains, 14.8 and 15.3 percent.
 Between 2004 and 2013 administrative personnel increased by 44.3 percent. Directors in particular experienced the greatest overall personnel growth, from 130 individuals in 2004 to 223 in 2013, an increase of 71.5 percent. As a result, directors represented
54.8 percent of all administrators in 2013.
 Between 2004 and 2013 average administrative salaries increased by 9.5 percent. The increases in administrative salaries for presidents and chairs were the greatest.
Between 2004 and 2013, the president’s salary increased by $114,112, an increase of
29.4 percent and the average salary for chairs increased by $43,781, an increase of
41.9 percent.
 In 2004, total faculty salaries were 2.2 times the amount of administrator salaries but that number declined to 1.7 by 2013, a 19.7 percent decline. Likewise, in 2004, there were 3.3 times as many faculty as administrators but that declined to 2.7 in 2013, a
17.0 percent decline. The gap between faculty and administrative personnel and budgets has narrowed as more resources have been allocated towards administration at the expense of faculty.
 In 2013, 39 out of the 40 highest paid individuals at FIU were administrators. The disparity between the highest paid faculty and administrator is $291,657.
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Introduction
This is the fifth report the Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy
(RISEP) has produced analyzing the trends in Florida International University (FIU) expenditures on faculty and faculty salaries compared to expenditures on administration and administrators’ salaries. Previous reports were produced in 2004, 2007, 2009 and
2011. 1
In general, the results of our previous studies demonstrated that for the past decade FIU has been following a disturbing national trend known as administrative bloat: expanding the resources of administration at the expense of instruction, research and service.
2 This report extends the analysis of FIU’s expenditures with data available in
October 2013, including faculty salaries through the 2013-2014 academic year.
This study analyzes the changes in numbers, composition, and salaries of faculty and administrators at FIU in the context of increasing student enrollment and rising tuition during the academic years 2004-2005 through 2013-2014. Specifically we analyze trends in FIU’s personnel and salary allocations to faculty and administration over a nineyear period.
The datasets for most of the analysis in this study are publically available from the
Academic Affairs Department at FIU. They are listings of faculty in the bargaining unit and administrators not including staff (e.g. advisors, office managers), and include the employee’s name, job title, administrative code, full time equivalency (FTE), and annual salary. All salary data were adjusted for inflation and converted into 2013 dollars using the Bureau of Labor Statistics: consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U).
3
Additional supporting data was retrieved from the State University System of Florida
Board of Governors: Interactive University Data.
4 (For more on the data sources and analysis methodology of this study please see Appendix V).
In this study we consider faculty to be any member of the FIU collective bargaining unit as determined by Appendix A of the 2011-2014 FIU Board of
Trustees/United Faculty of Florida Collective Bargaining Agreement position classifications.
5 Additionally, we distinguish faculty by tenure status (professors, assistant professors, and associate professors are considered tenured/tenure-track faculty and all other faculty are listed as non-tenured/non-tenure-track faculty) and by rank to provide a nuanced analysis of salary and composition patterns. For a listing of job titles within the faculty category see Appendix I. Administrators were defined as all personnel with an active administrative code as provided by the Academic Affairs Department at
FIU. For a listing of job titles within the administrator category see Appendix II. All faculty and administrators with less than a full-time equivalent (FTE) of 0.5 were excluded from this study in order to limit the downward pressure on annual salaries of part-time personnel.
6
This study was conducted by the Research Institute on Social and Economic
Policy (RISEP) 7 at the Center for Labor Research and Studies at Florida International
University located in Miami, FL. The study was commissioned by the United Faculty of
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Florida-Florida International University (UFF-FIU). The UFF-FIU has not been involved in any other aspects of the study, which was performed entirely and independently by
RISEP.
Numbers of Administrators vs. Faculty
Between 2004 and 2013 the growth of administrative personnel was more than twice as great as the growth of faculty (see table 1). The total number of faculty increased by 19.8 percent while the total number of administrators grew by 44.3 percent.
The overall slow growth of faculty personnel occurred while student headcount enrollment grew by 51.1 percent between 2004 and 2013, 2.6 times greater than faculty growth.
8
In fact, overall growth in administration neared growth in student enrollment while faculty personnel growth lagged far behind (see graph 1).
Year
Table 1: Faculty, Administrator and Student Headcounts: 2004-2013
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2013
% Growth
2004-2013
Faculty
Headcount Percent
Change
926 -
935
921
932
1.0%
-1.5%
1.2%
1062
1109
19.8%
13.9%
4.4%
-
Administrator
Headcount Percent
Change
282
311
357
342
387
407
44.3%
-
10.3%
14.8%
-4.2%
13.2%
5.2%
-
35,061
38,537
39,146
44,010
50,394
52,980
51.1%
Student
Headcount Percent
Change
-
9.9%
1.6%
12.4%
14.5%
5.1%
-
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60,0%
50,0%
40,0%
30,0%
20,0%
10,0%
0,0%
Faculty
Headcount
Faculty FTE Administrator
Headcount
Administrator
FTE
Student
Headcount
Student FTE
Full-time equivalent (FTE) of faculty and administration reflect similar overall growth in headcounts between 2004 and 2013 (see table 2). Student enrollment headcount grew by 5.5 percentage points more than student FTE growth between 2004 and 2013 because of a disproportionate increase in part-time students relative to full-time students during that period. In fact, FIU headcount and FTE enrollment grew considerably more than in state peer institutions between 2004 and 2013 (see Appendix
III). Nevertheless, the overall trend of high growth in student enrollment and administration and low faculty growth still stands.
Year
Table 2: Faculty, Administrator and Student FTE: 2004-2013
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2013
% Growth
2004-2013
FTE
Faculty
920.2
Percent
Change
-
920.5
916.2
0.0%
-0.5%
928.8 1.4%
1055.1 13.6%
1103.9
20.0%
4.6%
-
Administrator
FTE
281.8
Percent
Change
-
309.3
356.5
340.9
384.6
404.1
43.4%
9.8% 25,179 12.3%
15.2% 25,314 0.5%
-4.4%
12.8%
5.1%
-
Student
FTE Percent
Change
22,422
28,808
31,557
32,649
45.6%
-
13.8%
9.5%
3.5%
-
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Student FTE experienced variable but continuous positive growth between 2004 and 2013 unlike faculty FTE (see graph 2). FIU’s inability to grow faculty along with student FTE likely resulted in fewer and larger classes for students along with heavier teaching loads for faculty.
140
130
120
110
100
90
150
Faculty
Administrator
Student
2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
Between 2004 and 2013 data show an increased faculty workload at FIU. The student-faculty FTE ratio, calculated by dividing student FTE enrollment by faculty FTE, shows that individual faculty are responsible for 5 more students in 2013 than in 2004, a
21.4 percent increase (see table 3).
Table 3: Student/Faculty FTE Ratio: 2004-2013
Year
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2013
% Growth
2006-2012
Student to Faculty FTE
Ratio
24.37
27.35
27.63
31.02
29.91
29.58
21.4%
Percent Change
-
12.3%
1.0%
12.3%
-3.6%
-1.1%
-
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Administrator and Faculty Salaries
Overall growth of faculty salaries has also lagged behind administrative salary growth. Between 2004 and 2013 total administrator salaries grew by 57.4 percent compared to 26.4 for faculty (see table 4). This means that FIU administration experienced an overall personnel budget growth that was 2.2 times as great of faculty budget growth. We multiply the average tuition and fees of undergraduate students with overall student FTE to obtain a conservative estimate of student tuition revenue for the years 2004 through 2013. Our estimates show that student tuition revenue has increased by 152.1 percent between 2004 and 2013. The sharp rise in student tuition revenue is due to both the increase in student tuition and fees as well as increasing student enrollment.
As student tuition revenues have increased sharply growth in faculty personnel budgets has been modest and underperformed administration budget growth (see graph 3).
Table 4: Faculty and Administrator Budget and Student Tuition Revenue: 2004-2013
Year Faculty Percent
Change
$72,734,948 -
Administrator Percent
Change
$33,709,866 -
Student
$84,104,698
Percent
Change
- 2004
2006 $76,645,566 5.4% $39,778,165 18.0% $95,557,886 13.6%
$75,359,898 -1.7% $44,724,492 12.4% $105,198,162 10.1% 2008
2010 $76,216,170 1.1% $44,074,825 -1.5% $156,695,435 49.0%
$85,860,171 12.7% $49,873,080 13.2% $205,373,289 31.1% 2012
2013
% Growth
2004-2013
$91,969,004 7.1% $53,057,312 6.4% $211,992,569 3.2%
26.4% - - 152.1% - 57.4%
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80,0%
70,0%
60,0%
50,0%
40,0%
30,0%
20,0%
10,0%
0,0%
Faculty Administrator Student
Detailed Look at FIU Administrator and Faculty Personnel and Salaries
Between 2004 and 2013 faculty personnel has increased by 19.8 percent while average faculty salaries have increased by 5.6 percent (see table 5). A closer look at the composition of faculty shows that much of the personnel increase during the past nine years has occurred in non-tenured/non-tenure-track faculty, which increased by 56.9 percent, compared to a 7.3 percent increase for tenured/tenure-track faculty. In fact, tenured/tenure-track faculty increased by 51 individuals while non-tenured/nontenure/track faculty increased by 132.
Since 2004, data show that the share of tenured faculty from all faculty has declined steadily from 74.9 percent in 2004 to 67.2 percent in 2013 (see graph 4).
Additionally, between 2004 and 2013 average tenured/tenure-track faculty salaries increased by 9.2 percent while non-tenured/non-tenure/track faculty salaries increased by
4.5 percent. Data reveals that FIU has increased its share of lowered salary nontenured/non-tenure/track faculty.
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Table 5: Average Annual Salary and Total Number of Faculty by Tenure Status:
2004-2013
Year All Faculty
2004
Number
Tenured/tenuretrack Faculty
$84,073
694
Non-tenured/Non-tenure-track
Faculty
$62,020
232
$78,547
926
2006
Number
2008
Number
$90,022
679
$89,045
677
$60,628
256
$61,788
244
$81,974
935
$81,824
921
2010
Number
2012
Number
2013
Number
Salary % Growth
2004-2013
Number % Growth
2004-2013
$90,946
644
$89,771
727
$91,795
745
9.2%
7.3%
$61,274
288
$61,483
335
$64,785
364
4.5%
56.9%
$81,777
932
$80,848
1062
$82,930
1109
5.6%
19.8%
76,0%
74,0%
72,0%
70,0%
68,0%
66,0%
64,0%
62,0%
2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013
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The faculty positions with considerable personnel growth between 2004 and 2013 are assistant professors, instructors, lecturers, research associates and program directors; each group experienced more than 35 percent overall growth (see table 8). Instructors experienced the greatest growth, 85.7 percent, between 2004 and 2013. Conversely, professors, associate professors, instructional specialists and librarians have experienced personnel declines in the past nine years.
All faculty positions experienced some average salary growth between 2004 and
2013 with the exception of instructional specialists and program directors that declined by 13.2 and 13.7 percent respectively (see table 6). Librarians and research associates observed the lowest salary growth, 2.8 and 3.5 percent, while professors and assistant professors experienced the greatest gains, 14.8 and 15.3 percent. The salary gains and losses of faculty have not been uniform or consistent. In fact, data show that faculty salaries have been relatively unstable as they’ve increased and decreased dramatically.
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Table 6: Average Annual Salary and Total Number by Faculty Position: 2004-2013
Year
2004
Number
2006
Number
2008
Number
2010
Number
2012
Number
2013
Number
Salary %
Growth
2004-2013
Number %
Growth
2004-2013
Professor Associate
Professor
Assistant
Professor
$104,578
205
$78,855
295
$70,338
194
$110,381 $84,960 $77,199
199 271 209
$93,010 $82,245 $78,253
192 247 238
$112,915 $86,096 $77,508
185
$110,500
199
$120,045
204
14.8%
-0.5%
245
$87,125
249
$89,091
261
13.0%
-11.5%
214
$77,347
279
$81,117
280
15.3%
44.3%
Scholar/ Scientist/
Engineer
(including associate, assistant, and eminent)
$94,869
31
$92,723
28
$99,864
14
$89,785
20
$104,416
29
$106,609
32
12.4%
3.2%
Instructor Instructional
Specialist
Lecturer Librarian
(including associate and assistant)
$61,864
119
$56,396
122
$59,088
131
$60,061
164
$65,480
209
$67,373
221
8.9%
$53,581
4
$56,335
4
$54,881
4
$56,324
4
$54,176
4
$46,500
2
-13.2%
$63,983 $61,799
25 29
$61,666 $66,692
44 29
$63,266 $65,998
44 27
$65,362 $67,160
38 25
$68,498 $63,218
36 23
$71,120 $63,535
34
11.2%
27
2.8%
85.7% -50.0% 36.0% -6.9%
Research
Associate
123.5%
$52,473
17
$51,859
27
$63,935
22
$52,062
34
$49,415
31
$54,323
38
3.5%
Program
Director
(including associate and assistant)
$95,368
5
$83,748
2
$83,678
2
$88,978
3
$82,513
3
$82,337
10
-13.7%
100.0%
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Table 7: Average Annual Salary and Total Number by Administrator Position: 2004-2013
Year
2004
Number
2006
Number
2008
Number
2010
Number
2012
Number
2013
Number
Salary %
Growth
2004-2013
Number %
Growth
2004-2013
President
29.4%
0.0%
Vicepresident
(including senior)
1.3%
120.0%
Associate
/ Assistant
Vicepresident
13.4%
68.8%
Provost
5.6%
0.0%
Assistant
/ Vice
Provosts
10.2%
-71.4%
Dean
3.1%
66.7%
Associate
/ Assistant
Dean
Director
(including associate and assistant)
Coordinator
$388,467 $228,123 $141,824 $295,975 $178,605 $223,938 $117,868 $93,129
1 5 16 1 7 9 27 130
$458,833 $239,903 $156,232 $321,356 $146,605 $213,544 $116,307 $85,551
1 8 26 1 6 14 32 142
$525,868 $237,567 $154,564 $361,993 $189,511 $205,998 $130,728 $104,453
1 11 24 1 2 11 40 188
$520,146 $236,349 $161,292 $323,038 $145,093 $200,697 $130,821 $109,777
1 9 26 1 2 13 34 176
$503,887 $225,304 $158,564 $312,940 $196,639 $233,914 $131,465 $100,357
1 11 27 1 2 14 39 210
$502,579 $230,998 $160,763 $312,507 $196,738 $230,938 $130,351 $106,488
1 11 27 1 2 15 38 223
10.6%
40.7%
14.3%
71.5%
$78,430
42
$80,036
26
$71,441
22
$70,629
24
$72,132
25
$67,616
29
-13.8%
-31.0%
Chair
General
Counsel
(including associate and assistant)
Executive
Assistant
$104,538 $179,517 $81,003
38 4 2
$110,514 $199,560 $63,322
45 4 6
$135,496 $197,738 $69,053
44 6 7
$147,185 $200,207 $60,328
43 7 6
$143,047 $162,814 $62,771
40 8 9
$148,319 $163,488 $60,299
42 9 9
41.9%
10.5%
-8.9%
125.0%
-25.6%
350.0%
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Between 2004 and 2013 administrative personnel increased by 44.3 percent. The administrative positions with considerable personnel growth are vice-presidents, associate/assistant vice presidents, deans, associate/assistant deans, directors and executive assistants (see table 7). Directors in particular experienced the greatest overall personnel growth that increased from 130 individuals in 2004 to 223 in 2013, an increase of 71.5 percent. As a result, directors represented 54.8 percent of all administrators in
2013. Conversely, assistant/vice provosts and coordinators were the only administrative groups to experience personnel declines during the past nine years, incurring losses of 5 and 13 individuals respectively.
Between 2004 and 2013 average administrative salaries increased by 9.5 percent for most positions with the exception of coordinators and executive assistants. General counsels also experienced a salary decline but that decline was driven by an increase in the number of associate and assistant general counsels relative to general counsels. The increases in administrative salaries for presidents and chairs were the greatest. Between
2004 and 2013, the president’s salary increased by $114,112, an increase of 29.4 percent, without including the numerous benefits afforded to the president. The average salary for chairs increased by $43,781 during the past nine years, an increase of 41.9 percent.
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Conclusion
A comparison of faculty and administrator personnel and salaries between
2004 and 2013 shows that FIU administration has pursued policies contributing towards administrative bloat during the past nine years. In 2004, total faculty salaries were 2.2 times the amount of administrator salaries but that number declined to 1.7 by 2013, a 19.7 percent decline (see table 8). Likewise, in 2004, there were 3.3 times as many faculty as administrators but that declined to 2.7 in 2013, a 17.0 percent decline. The gap between faculty and administrative personnel and budgets has narrowed as more resources have been allocated towards administration at the expense of faculty. Additionally, a look at the highest paid individuals at FIU in 2013 reveals that 39 out of the top 40 salaries are paid to administrators (see Appendix III). The disparity between the highest paid faculty and administrator is $291,657.
Table 8: Faculty to Administrator Salary and
Headcount Ratio: 2004-2013
Total Salary
Ratio
Headcount
Ratio
2004 2.2 3.3
2006
2008
2010
2012
2013
% Growth 2004-
2013
1.9
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.7
-19.7%
3.0
2.6
2.7
2.7
2.7
-17.0%
This report set out to analyze how FIU allocates its resources on personnel and salaries. At FIU it appears that while enrollment and tuition grew, faculty size was increased at a rate too slow to overcome increases in student/faculty ratios. Additionally,
FIU adopted a spending reduction policy of increasingly substituting lower-paid contingent faculty members for higher paid tenured faculty. Meanwhile, the size of the administration and their salaries grew impressively. This report finds substantial evidence of administrative bloat as university resources have been diverted away from faculty and towards administration.
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Appendix I: Faculty by Rank
Appendix 1: Faculty Ranks*
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
University Instructor
Senior Instructor
Instructor
University Lecturer
University Librarian
Associate University Librarian
Assistant University Librarian
Instructor Librarian
Associate in
Assistant in
Program Director
Senior Lecturer
Lecturer
Scholar/Scientist/Engineer
Associate
Scholar/Scientist/Engineer
Graduate Research
Professor
Distinguished Service
Professor
Assistant
Scholar/Scientist/Engineer
Research Associate
Eminent Scholar Instructional Specialist
*And employees with the following Administrative Titles: Associate Chair and Assistant
Chair.
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Appendix II: Administration by Rank
Appendix II: Administrator Ranks
President
Vice-president
Assistant Dean
Director
Senior Vice-president Associate Director
Associate Vice-president Assistant Director
Assistant Vice-president Coordinator
Provost Chairperson
Assistant Provost
Vice-Provost
Dean
Associate Dean
General Counsel
Associate General Counsel
Assistant General Counsel
Executive Assistant
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Appendix III: 40 Highest Paid FIU Administrators and Faculty: 2013
Appendix III: 40 Highest Paid FIU Administrators and Faculty: 2013
10
11
12
13
14
15
7
8
5
6
9
Rank
3
4
1
2
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Name Category
Maidique, Modesto Administrator
Rosenberg, Mark Administrator
Elam, Joyce
Klock, David
Administrator
Administrator
Pelham Jr, William Administrator
Garcia, Pedro Administrator
Koulamas, Christos Administrator
Jessell, Kenneth Administrator
Lipman, Howard Administrator
Wartzok, Douglas Administrator
McEwen, Ruth Administrator
Furton, Kenneth Administrator
Iyengar, Sundararaj Administrator
Hardin, William
Gil, Andres
Administrator
Administrator
Strickland, Ora
Fernandez, Irma
Administrator
Administrator
Aldrich, Jose
Mirmiran, Amir
Stack, John
Williams, Mark
Reddi, Lakshmi
Raattama, Maija
Olson, Richard
Administrator
Administrator
Administrator
Administrator
Administrator
Administrator
Administrator
Dean
Director
Director
Vice-president
Dean
Vice-president
Associate Dean
Dean
Director
Dean
Dean
General Counsel
Director
Rank
Director
President
Dean
Dean
Director
Director
Associate Dean
Vice-president
Vice-president
Provost
Associate Dean
$291,774
$273,700
$261,313
$261,113
$248,248
$248,248
$245,000
$238,590
$237,543
$237,342
$232,795
$232,795
$231,769
Annual
Salary
$514,211
$502,579
$375,324
$374,700
$367,229
$367,152
$335,525
$329,250
$325,513
$312,507
$302,485
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25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
Salas, Luis Administrator
Administrator Gonzalez-Levy,
Sandra
Haar, Jerry Administrator
Newman, Meredith Administrator
Bhansali, Shekhar Administrator
Barabino, Joseph
Miguez-Perez, Maria
Administrator
Faculty
Williams, Oren
Bejar, Elizabeth
Administrator
Administrator
Weiss, Mark
Mora, Francisco
Administrator
Administrator
Azizinamini, Atorod Administrator
Maziak, Wasim Administrator
Lehman, Jody
Rose, Suzanna
Bastida, Elena
Administrator
Administrator
Administrator
Associate Vice-president
Vice-president
Director
Associate Dean
Chairperson
Associate Vice-president
Scholar/Scientist/Engineer
Chairperson
Vice-provost
Associate Director
Director
Chairperson
Chairperson
Associate General Counsel
Director
Chairperson
$230,816
$228,030
$226,236
$225,254
$225,220
$225,077
$222,554
$222,493
$222,493
$221,450
$221,000
$219,918
$219,878
$219,646
$218,551
$217,342
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Appendix IV: Methodology Notes
The data sets used in this report to determine numbers of faculty members and administrators and their salaries are publicly available upon request from the Academic
Affairs Department (AA) at Florida International University (FIU). Specifically, these data sets contain the following information for all FIU employees: name, job title, administrative code, full time equivalency (FTE), and annual salary . The data was made available to the researchers through a formal request made to the FIU AA by the researchers. It is worth noting that the FIU AA took more than eight months to provide the necessary data to researchers due to unknown reasons.
All HR-provided data was screened for duplicate listings of individuals.
Individuals with less than 0.5 FTE were excluded from all calculations in this report. A total of 28 cases were excluded due to this reason, 26 faculty and two administration cases.
All salaries of bargaining unit employees are annual and rounded to the nearest full dollar amount. Salaries are not corrected for FTE assignment. No adjustments are made for 12-month vs. 9-month appointments. Salaries are inflation-adjusted and reported in 2013 dollars using the following calculation: 2013 base/current * nominal price. The source for the price index was:
Bureau of Labor Statistics: consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U).
We also consulted the State University System of Florida Board of Governors:
Interactive University Data
for data on student headcount enrollment, student FTE enrollment and tuition and fees.
To analyze numbers and salaries of administrators we faced the dilemma of conceptualizing who administrators are. The researchers chose to define administrators in this study as highly ranked administrators whose primary role is administration.
In the small number of cases when a person occupied two administrative positions we chose to categorize the individual under their primary administrative rank.
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See prior editions of this report at: http://www.uff-fiu.org/nindex.php/uff.reports.html
2 College Costs Too Much Because Faculty Lack Power, by Robert E. Martin, The
Chronicle of Higher Education, August 5, 2012. http://chronicle.com/article/College-
Costs-Too-Much-Because/133357/ .
3
2013 dollars were used to provide a contemporary valuation of personnel salaries during the past nine years.
4
Calculations presented in this study may differ from information presented in other data sources on numbers and salaries of faculty members and administration due to how employees are classified and into which categories they are counted. This study takes a conservative approach to categorizing employees, the rationale of which is explained in
Appendix V. Such possible differences may explain all or part of the reason that this study finds somewhat different counts, salaries and ratios than reported in other sources.
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A copy of the CBA may be retrieved at: http://www.uff-fiu.org/bargaining-agreement/2011-
2014_FIU_BOT_UFF_CBA_with_final_proofreader_corrections_October_2011.pdf
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6
Between 2004 and 2013 28 personnel cases were removed because they had a full-time equivalent (FTE) below 0.5: 26 faculty and 2 administrators.
7 The lead researcher for this study is Ali R. Bustamante, Research Associate. RISEP’s website address is http://www.risep-fiu.org/ .
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Headcount enrollment represents the number of individual students enrolled in credit courses, regardless of course load.
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