Fain said the increase reflects just how hard presidents work. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your California Privacy Rights (each updated 1/1/20). “There’s a different ethos there. “It’s pretty unique in higher education, now.”. He is a Nigerian preacher, founder and presiding pastor of Winner Chapel Known as Living Faith Church Worldwide. "Each university is making these decisions on an ad hoc basis," said the Rev. He is the university's 19th president. A closer look at the presidents and the data: Brenneman has led the private Christian liberal arts college in northeast Indiana since 2006. Four of the 16 presidents whose pay was analyzed by The Chronicle were females — Beverley Pitts at University of Indianapolis; Sue DeWine at Hanover College; Jo Young Switzer at Manchester University; and Carol Ann Mooney at Saint Mary’s College. His base pay of $94,324 made up only about 60 percent of his total pay that year -- the smallest percentage among these 16 Indiana college presidents. Whether the result of bonuses or normal salary increases, Malloy’s compensation did rise from $260,264 in the 1996-7 fiscal year to the aforementioned $476,325, Fain noted. But a Star-Ledger review of salaries of Catholic university presidents found pay varies widely from campus to campus. ", By Kelly Heyboer and Jeff Diamant/The Star-Ledger. He also spent more than a decade as president of the American Bible Society. He holds a degree from the college as a Class of 1968 alumnus. The Indiana province also donates to the general administration, headquartered in Rome, as well as its missions in East Africa and Chile. The highest-paid clergy presidents at Catholic universities include: the Rev. He attended Goshen College as an undergraduate, graduating in 1977. John Jenkins of the University of Notre Dame ($475,000, plus $52,777 in benefits), and the Rev. Mark Heckler of Valparaiso University was paid just a few dollars less than the median compensation ($394,841) nationally of a private college president in 2012. • John David Dawson of Earlham college was the fifth highest-paid private-school president in Indiana and 280th in the nation, earning $356,260. Wabash College -- one of the few all-male schools in the country -- is now led by Gregory D. Hess. She retired this year. John Jenkins of the University of Notre Dame earned $830,119, ranking him 54th nationally. “I would love to have him teaching for us because he’s a very good teacher, but the most important thing he can do for us is be a good president. Still, his total compensation has been climbing, from $476,325 reported by the university's student newspaper in 2006. Learn about us. David Wright is now president of Indiana Wesleyan. Manuel became UIndy's ninth president in July 2012, succeeding Pitts. She is the college's first lay alumna president, having obtained her bachelor's degree from Saint Mary's in 1972. “These jobs are really tough. Of the leaders in the 853 universities, colleges and specialized schools surveyed, Audrey Doberstein of Delaware’s Wilmington College – who stepped down in June of 2005 – garnered the highest pay, with a total compensation of $2,746,241.
However, the university’s Internal Revenue Service filing for 2012, a public record, shows the school’s president, James Edwards, was paid $261,654. Presidents at secular universities, and lay people who lead Catholic ones, routinely make six-figure salaries. John Jenkins, Univeristy of Notre Dame, Henry Smith,* Indiana Wesleyan University, Beverley Pitts,* University of Indianapolis, Robert Manuel, Univeristy of Indianapolis, * No longer president. As Weithman noted, Jenkins’ busy travel schedule and “very visible” role in the American Catholic Church might impede him from best fulfilling his professorial duties – but Weithman thinks Jenkins is finding other ways to do the very things teaching allows.
Former president of Indiana Wesleyan University. “A diocesan priest, like from a parish, doesn’t take those vows, so he is able to own things,” said Father Anthony Szakaly, the assistant provincial for the Indiana Province of the Holy Cross Priests, which is headquartered in South Bend. He earned more than 51 percent of presidents in the report. No professors will lose their jobs as the university attempts to shield its 9,000 students from the effects of the school’s budget problems. The Chronicle calculated it would take nearly nine students paying the full sticker price of tuition to cover Dawson's compensation. “I would say that the $400,000 level for an elite private institution is in the domain of normal, but maybe slightly low,” said Paul Fain, a staff reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education. He formerly served from 1981 to 1991 as president of another private college in Indiana, Huntington University, where a dining hall now bears his name. Mooney has led the women's college in Notre Dame since 2004. Rev. While some college leaders’ salaries are climbing into the millions of dollars, the total compensation for Notre Dame’s president was last registered at just $476,325. John Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, tops a list of the highest paid private college presidents in Indiana, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Kazee is the University of Evansville's 23rd president, having taken office in 2010. All of our priests – whether in a parish or high school or at University of Notre Dame – all their salaries come into the common purse.”. (Stephanie Wang contributed to this article), Highest paid presidents of Indiana’s private colleges, Rev. “But, it’s not the only salary. Manchester is now led by Dave McFadden, who is in the first year of his presidency.
MUNCIE – Only four of Indiana’s private college presidents were paid more than the national median in 2012, according to a new report by The Chronicle of Higher Education. It is unclear whether Swetland planned to keep his presidential salary as his personal income or donate it. “He’s got a big job and he’s still new to it, so he’s got a good bit to learn,” said Paul Weithman, chair of the philosophy department. At Seton Hall, several non-clergy officials make large salaries. Some priests and nuns earn nothing, while others earn more than $400,000 a year and donate their paychecks to their religious orders. The Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual “Executive Compensation” report lists the salaries of public and private university leaders. Pastor Adeboye heads the Redeemed Christian Church Of God(RCCG), something he has been doing for the past 28 years. Other priests who belong to religious orders, including the Jesuits and the Franciscans, take vows of poverty. “Religious institutions have a lot of credibility in some people’s minds for their leaders not earning anything for doing these incredibly difficult jobs … At Notre Dame, you add the extra element.