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The Accounting Dept Chair would earn over twice that in private industry, perhaps more.
Well, at least they used to before Enron and AIG.

Before Global Crossing, Enron, Adelphia, Worldcom, AIG, etc. it was called "creative accounting." After Global Crossing, Enron, Adelphia, Worldcom, AIG when the Big Eight auditing firms became the Final Four accounting firms, it became just "stealing."

Damn Max! Now you're going to have the education nuts calling in death threats to your home.

How dare the Arkansas Times continue to publish public information!

Salaries have always been public record at the U of A. When I worked at Mullins Library in the early 80s, there was a bound print-out of everyone's salary at the circulation desk of the Reserve Room. Maybe the student could have saved a little time and effort if he had started there first.

Every public school district in Arkansas must post on its website the salaries/contracts of every employee. This has been a state law for at least four or five years.

I think school districts must post their salary schedules rather than every employee's salary. That may be (probably is) what you intended to say, slydog.

"Salaries have always been public record at the U of A. "

I agree, and I wonder why UALR's budget is password protected? At the blue link...

I can't say for sure DrRingDing, but you might look for a similar bound print-out like Moon's Library at the Walton-Fayetteville Football campus.

When I taught at Oklahoma State and went to graduate school at University of Virginia, Ok and Va, state laws required state-supported institutions to publish the salaries of Faculty and Administration.

But whomever decided to restrict online access to any enrolled student, faculty or staff would justify it with the eternal Republican fallback answer "priviledged information" or "National Security" or "Oops!"

Just adding my two-cents-worth to what's already been stated by others: When I was on library faculty at Kansas State University, at the circulation desk was a roster of all employees with their salaries.

This was a public institution supported by public funds and the dispersal of those funds was considered public information. No secrets or confidentiality there. Anyone could walk in and look at that paper and find out precisely what our salaries were.

"I think school districts must post their salary schedules rather than every employee's salary. That may be (probably is) what you intended to say, slydog." - durangokid

No. The salaries/contracts must be posted.

the salary schedule must beposted also

slydog, thanks for enlightening me. Who knew? Out of curiosity, I pulled up Web sites for the Monticello, Little Rock, and Conway school districts. It was the old "needle in the haystack" sort of search, but I finally did find teacher contracts (by name and salary) for LR and Monticello. However, I searched Conway's site for half an hour to no avail. If you can find Conway's contracts (and I bet you can) I'd appreciate your letting me know where they are. While all the state's school districts may be following the posting law, some of them are very clever at hiding individual salary and contract info. Who knows the reason? Embarrassment that the salaries are so pitifully low? We've made some gains in Arkansas, but we are still shortchanging our teachers. No wonder recruitment is so tough in parts of the state.

Durango -

It's under the "Finance" tab. Click on this link http://www.conwayschools.org/content/blogcategory/260/509/
You'll find the salary contracts for the past 3 years as PDFs in the left column under Employee Finances.

Many thanks, slydog. You won't believe it, but I'd actually looked under Finance; just plain didn't see the contracts. Anyway, it's good to learn that so many teachers are making in the 50s and mid-to-high 60s up there. I think the highest I saw at Monticello was in the high 40s, but I'll look again. I'm afraid to dig up some of the Delta salaries.

"I agree, and I wonder why UALR's budget is password protected? At the blue link..." - Dr. RingDing

I called UALR and they told me that they were the only university in the state that had the budget/salary info online. However, you must be a student or faculty member to access the information.

Fortunately, there is a bound print-out of the budget in the library at UALR which will list every employee and their salary. A copy is also available at the state library. It seems that the law requiring salaries/contracts being posted on websites applies only to public school districts in Arkansas and not colleges/universities.