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Wednesday , September 19, 1979
llncoln, nebraska vol. 103 no, 17
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UNL administrative salaries higher than U.S. median
By Cindy Coglianese
and Randy Essex
Although NU faculty salaries are below
national averages, administrative salaries
are $2,000 to $10,000 more than the
national median, according to ASUN Sen.
Brad Belt.
Belt said figures from the Chronicle of
Higher Education showed that NU admini
strator's salaries are higher in all instances
except for the Director of. Affirmative
Action and Equal Employment, His
salary falls $4,327 short of the national
median.
Using figures compiled by the College
and University Personnel Association for
the 1973-79 academic year Belt showed
that the median salary for a chief executive
of a university system is $45,67$,..NU
President Ronald Roskens made $$7300
during the same period, according to the
NU operating budget,
The median salary for a chief executive
of a single institution was $41,500. Uni
versity records showed that UNL Chancel
lot Roy Young received $51,650 for his
services in that category
UNL Physics Professor Dan Schlitt said
he was not surprised to hear that admini
strative salaries are above the national
average while UNL faculty salaries ate
below the average.
Schlitt, a member of the American
Association of University Professors a
labor union-oriented group, said '"the
only way to get good pay at the university
is to come here with good pay." Most of
NU's administrators, he explained, came
from universities where their pay was good.
MANY NU administrators only stay two
to four years, creating a high turnover rate
in the system's highest paying positions.
On the other hand, Schlitt said, faculty
'members who have made a long-term
commitment to the university "have
pretty well resigned themselves' V to low
pay.
Schlitt said UNL faculty morale began
to slip several years ago. Professors have
not gotten a raise equal to increases in the
cost of living since 1968, he said.
Schlitt said that salaries are only one
reason for declining morale among the
faculty. "The administration's refusal" to
involve the faculty in some decisions is
another reason, Schlitt said.
Schlitt said one reason for low UNL
salaries is a desire by administrators and
others to equalize UNL and UNO faculty
salaries.
Me cited an AAUP study showing that
UNO faculty is in the 80th percentile in
pay compared to pay at other schools that
do not have comprehensive graduate pro
grams. However, UNL faculty rates in the
20th percentile in some areas and in the
40th percentile in many areas, Schlitt
said.
SALARY, Schlitt said, probably is the
primary consideration when faculty
members decide on collective bargaining,
Schlitt said the AAUP will hoid a forum on
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collective bargaining next Wednesday.
Other administrative salary differences
included the national median for an
executive vice president of a university
system, which is $37,290. William
Erskine, executive vice president for
administration, makes $39,600 per year.
The median salary for a dean of arts and
science's colleges is $34,008. UNL Arts and
Sciences dean Max Larsen makes $43,100
per year.
Gary Schwendiman, UNL dean of the
College of Business Administration makes
$42,800 a year according to NU records,
while the national median is $32,970.
The median salary for an athletic
director is $26,364 in public institutions.
UNL Athletic Director Bob Devaney makes
$45,700 per year, $19,366 beyond the
national median.
SCOTTSBLUFF REGENT Robert
Simmons said that the reason for the dis
crepancies between the national median
salaries of university administrators and
NU administrators may be because many
fringe benefits are not included in the
salaries of some administrators in the
study.
He also said the large number of small
universities administrative salaries may
bring the national median down.
Simmons said that he thought NU
administrator's salaries are low compared
to salaries of administrators providing siml
liar responsibilities in the private sector.
Belt, also a member of GLC, said that
the Chronicle of Higher Education showed
that faculty salaries at NU are just over the
bottom 20 percent nationally - , s
In another study from they Chronicle
at Higher EducatioivBelt said professors
rated faculties in 19 fields and NU placed
in only one of those fields. In the study,
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NU President Ronald Roskens
Nebraska was rated 15th hi the agricultural
study field.
w&: .. Belt - said ASUN and CUC wm conduct
i'isuwf of students ebneerning the salary
figures, the quality of education and the 10
percent increase in tuition in the next few
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Potentially dangerous Valium
rarely prescribed on campus
By Debbie Hemminger
The most often prescribed drug in the
United States is seldom prescribed at the
University Health Center, according to Dr.
Garland Bare, the health center's medical
director.
Valium causes a strong dependency and
is used by thousands, Bare explained. He
said, '"None of the clinic physicians pre
scribe Valium for more tharva short time
(2 weeks), as far as I know."
Recent Congressional hearings on abuse
and use of Valium revealed that many
people, from housewives to doctors, have
become addicted to the drug and have
trouble stopping use.
Dr. Robert Heins, director of the
University Mental Health Department, said
that his department does not prescribe
vallum except In limited cases, because of
potential addiction.
Valium is a controlled drug, said Pat
Hariey, tegistered pharmacist for the
health center.
-. Gary lacey, deputy county titomey,
said that Valium can be frequently obtained
without a prescription, which is a felony.
Lacey said that Valium follows directly
behind marijuana, LSD, antamme$,and
barbitoates on the drug schedule, lacey
said he has noticed people picked up with
unauthorized Valium often have an Illegal
supply-: of' barbitoates sad morphine.
' Valium is prescribed by doctors as a
muscle telaxant, Bare said. He said that if
a patient, wants Valium for a nervous condi
. tion, he could tosualry be given a two-week
supply if the" doctor felt there was a
temporary crsis situation in the patienfs
"-life-- - . ' -
If langsr sage is required, Bare said
he would send the patient to the Mental
. Ileal A Department " " ".'
. Dr." Shirley Klcg, wi2r the Mental
. Health Department said that prescribing
vallum for any length of time is cm to the
phycisu She said that .if she knews a
person is tirlicly to abuse the drug, she
will prescribe Valium longer.
Harley said the vallum law says that no
prescription may be refilled over five times
or longer than six months without seeing
the doctor again. Heins said that a doctor
may not prescribe Valium for more than six
refills at one tame,
Harley said that even if a doctor
prescribes more than five refills, the pharma
cist cannot fill the order unless it is
approved by the Federal Drug and Narcotic
Association.
Harley said few Valium refills are filled
.through health center pharmacy. She said
some students have Valium prescriptions
from their doctors at home,
Heins said doctors in the midwest are
more cautious than other places in the
nation. He attributed this to the more
conservative atmosphere of the midwest
uacey saxa ne nas never seen a law
nertainins to the niesciintion lecuiiements
of controlled drugs in Nebraska lawv
Bare, Heins and Pfiug agreed that Valium
is an excellent drug. It relaxes muscle
contractions effectxvdty, according to Bare.
Pflug said sometimes it is the best medicine
available for anxiety situations.
Bare said that Valium is often abused.
He said anxiety and stress are mgor
problems, along with a lack of free tsne.
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