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Average Female
Presidents’ Salary
PEER INSTITUTIONS
PRESIDENTIAL SALARIES
Average Male
Presidents’ Salary
3.32%
‘14-’15
3.67%
4.70%
4.09%
4.86%
6.28%
2.96%
5.45%
6.03%
4.51%
3.68%
4.81%
5.39%
4.22%
2.05%
1.50%
4.81%4.83%
5.18%
3.87%
3.14%
2.76%
4.03%
5.46%
6%
3%
4%
2%
1%
5%
WAGES FOR
UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVES
3.63%
‘03-’04
‘04-’05
‘05-’06
‘06-’07
‘07-’08
‘08-’09
‘09-’10
‘10-’11
‘11-’12
‘12-’13
‘13-’14
Female
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Athletic Director
Female
Male
Chief Information Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Hospital CEO
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President
President
Executive Vice President and
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Provost
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for Medical Affairs
Executive Vice President
for Medical Affairs
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Vice President of Development
General Counsel
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Vice President of Development
Vice President of Development
Dean of Medical School
Interim Athletic Director
Chief Information Officer
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TOP 10 UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE
SALARIES BY YEAR
Hospital CEO
2014
2012
2013
2013 POSITION
SALARY DIFFERENCES
-14%
43%
30%
-13%
0%
4%
16%
-3%
14%
39%
-9%
13%
-27%
2%
2%
25%
2%
-14%
9%
4%
17%
26%
7%
10%
-9%
66%
17%
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SEC
VP STUDENT
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Female
Male
Students examine
diversity and beliefs
through open-mic
performances
By LAURA SCHINAGLE
For the Daily
As part of the LSA Honors Pro-
gram’s second annual Diversity
Monologues, students gathered
in South Quad’s Java Blue Cafe
on Tuesday evening for open-mic
style performances based on the
theme, “This I Believe.”
The Monologue series aims
to facilitate conversation about
identity and diversity through
open-mic events. The theme was
inspired by a similar National
Public Radio program of the
same name. Clips from the NPR
program were played to bookend
the performances.
LSA senior Harleen Kaur, a
Diversity Monologues co-found-
er and event organizer, said she
and others came up with the idea
during the peak of social activism
movements on campus last year,
such as #BBUM and #UMDivest.
“We were talking about how
to bring these conversations of
identity and diversity to Honors
in a very safe space and a creative
space that would be very sup-
portive for those who are choos-
ing to share their experiences,”
Kaur said.
Organizers said the theme of
Tuesday’s event was purpose-
fully vague to cast a wide net
Assembly also
discusses course
evaluation data
By TANAZ AHMED
Daily Staff Reporter
During Central Student Gov-
ernment’s Tuesday meeting, the
body considered a proposal to
create a new University spirit
song and discussed a resolution
that would request the Univer-
sity release results from student-
completed course evaluations.
After prompting discussion
at last week’s CSG meeting, the
topic of “Hail and Unite” — a
National data
shows salaries
may skew in favor
of men, ‘U’ data
suggests otherwise
By ALLANA AKHTAR
and RACHEL PREMACK
Daily Staff Reporters
The University’s adminis-
tration exhibited an intriguing
quality in 2013: a large amount
of female representation.
Twenty-five of the 41 top
positions at the University,
including three of the highest
positions — president, provost
and executive vice president for
medical affairs — were held by
women in 2013.
Though President Emerita
Mary Sue Coleman has since
retired and Ora Pescovitz, exec-
utive vice president for medical
affairs, stepped down last year,
women hold about half of the
University’s executive officer
seats.
However, data from the Uni-
versity’s 2014 salary report,
released in December, indicates
that only two women held a spot
on the list of top 10 highest-paid
University executives.
The University’s compen-
sation philosophy specifically
outlines an aim to “(a)ttract,
retain, reward and motivate the
productivity and commitment
of highly qualified, diverse fac-
ulty and staff.” The statement
also promises the University
does not “practice, or tolerate,
unlawful
discrimination
in
pay.”
This piece examines whether
a discrepancy in base salaries
between male and female exec-
utives exists within the Univer-
sity’s administration. Doing so
required extensive data analy-
sis — namely, comparing the
salaries of more than 40 posi-
tions across the University.
These positions include, but
are not limited to, the executive
vice presidents, deans and pro-
vosts. This article also analyzes
the salaries of executives at 11
other top colleges with which
the University competes for
faculty.
Ultimately,
this
article
attempts to determine whether
or not instances of compara-
tively higher salaries for male
executives are anomalies, or if
there is a traceable wage gap
within the University’s leader-
ship. Simply — is the University
adhering to its own philosophy?
Though
salaries
from
a
sample of a dozen peer institu-
tions appear to illustrate wage
discrepancies based on gender,
a Michigan Daily analysis of
compensation for top Univer-
sity officials shows the gap may
not be statistically significant
among University executives.
The Provost: A case study
Perhaps the most notable
salary trend in the University
administration is that of the
provost.
In 2006, Teresa Sullivan
became the University’s pro-
vost after having served as a
vice provost, vice president and
graduate dean for the Univer-
sity of Texas at Austin. She had
also been the executive vice
chancellor for academic affairs
for the entire University of
Texas system.
Sullivan’s base salary at the
University was $340,000. By
the time she stepped down in
2010, it had grown to $366,331.
President
Emerita
Coleman
appointed Philip Hanlon to suc-
ceed Sullivan when she depart-
ed to assume the University of
Virginia presidency in 2010.
Hanlon worked at the Uni-
See CSG, Page 3A
See MONOLOGUES, Page 3A
See GENDER GAP, Page 3A
infographic by Eli Scheinholtz
Rick Snyder: Could he seek the Oval Office in 2016?
The Statement
EVALUATING THE GENDER GAP
Monologues
explore faith,
self-identity
Proposal
asks CSG
to endorse
spirit song
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