Adopted:
RESOLUTION TO LEARN ABOUT THE SCALE OF SALARY
DISPARITIES
AMONG SENIOR FACULTY WITHIN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS
WHEREAS, Columbia faculty salaries, like other closely
held secrets, are the subject of intense speculation, and
WHEREAS, anecdotal evidence also suggests severe
disparities among the salaries of senior colleagues within certain departments,
and
WHEREAS, any effort to correct inequities in faculty
salaries must draw on reliable aggregate information;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Senate ask
the Provost to provide the Faculty Affairs Committee every September with the
following salary information for each academic department:
the ratio of the salary of the highest-paid full professor to that
of the lowest-paid full professor, along with the average salary for full
professors in the department.
Proponent:
Faculty Affairs Committee