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Show I~ 'OUT THERE' ·-·- . THE UNIVERS1TYTOURNAL • SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY• WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1998 - - ~ - ·- ~ I Faculty salaries improve slightly WASHINGTON (AP) - College faculty salaries rose 3.4 percent this year, with full professors at research universities now making just under $80,000, a study released yesterday showed. With inflation running at just half that rate, it was the largest increase in faculty pay in a decade, said the American Association of University Professors. But professors still lag far behind other professionals when it comes to salary, and their pay, when adjusted for inflation, is actually 4.4 percent lower today than it was in 1971-72, the AAUP said. College and university faculty earned 42 percent less than other professionals with similar levels of education, the study said. That comparison was based on federal earnings data for workers with at least 18 years of education. For example, the lowest-paid engineers and lawyers earned roughly $8,000 more than the lowest-paid professors in 1996, the study said. By contrast, the highest-paid engineers and lawyers ea.med about $62,000 more than the highest-paid professors. Jacqueline King of the American Council on Education, a group representing university presidents, acknowledged that professors haven't m ade any real salary gains since the 1970s, but said schools are also under tremendous pressure to keep tuition down. "On one hand- the facul ty, they work hard, they're prepared with a lot of education for their jobs - this is not a lot of m oney," she said. 11 At the same time... institutions have to do all they can to keep their costs down, and one of their biggest costs is salaries," she said. "Institutions are under a lot of competing pressures." The average salary for full professors at research universities - those with doctoral programs was $79,346. The study also found increasing disparities among faculty at different types o f colleges, although it said the gap was not as great as in many professions. Overall, facu lty at doctoral-level schools earned 28 percent more than those at schools with some postgraduate programs, 50 percent more than those at primarily undergraduate schools and 52 percent more than teachers at two-year colleges, the study said. Utah's tax burden shifts to individuals SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The state income tax burden in Utah has fallen increasingly on individuals to the benefit of corporations, according to a Utah State Tax Commission report. From 1960 to 1996, revenues from corporate income taxes increased 27-fold, while individual income tax collections increased 70 times. One reason for the growth in individual income taxes has been "bracket creep." Tens of thousands of Utah residents have been pushed into the top tax rate of 7 percent because the income brackets have not been adjusted for inflation since 1973. Corporate taxes, m eanwhile, are imposed at a flat rate of 5 percent. The average corporate tax rate i n Western states is 6.85 percent. Colorado a lso bas a 5 percent rate, while Arizona imposes a regionhigh 9 percent tax. Nevada and Wyoming do not have corporate income taxes . 50UTHWE5T TANNIN • First time buyer program Unlimited tans for a month only $50.00 . I ! .Must be purchased before April 30, 1998 1583 S. Main,#2 586-33661 • With student ID get $500~$1,000 off all used vehicles or 3%-5% off all new cars •College grads get .$400 off from GM •Great deals on new & used vehicles · BRIAN BAKER (Student Sales Rep.) 360 No. Main Cedar City 586-6595 |