A new report details the 2021 pay grades of private university leaders across the country — including three presidents in the Pittsburgh region.
The Chronicle’s report looked at 312 leaders at private colleges with expenditures of $100 million or more. Topping the list was Amy Gutmann, the former president of the University of Pennsylvania, who earned a whopping $22.87 million in 2021.
In the past few decades, salaries for top administrators have skyrocketed, surpassing the rate of inflation, said Richard Vedder, an economist and professor emeritus at Ohio University.
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