Analysis of a Quantitative Method of Determining Faculty Salaries

Abstract

Several researchers have systematically examined the factors that relate to faculty promotions and salary increases. In this paper, the authors report on a faculty-evaluation system used at the College of Business Administration of the University of Georgia. Using a linear regression model to analyze the data, they considered the effects of publications, teaching experience, departmental affiliation, school from which Ph.D. was granted, and teaching effectiveness on the faculty member's salary. They found that variables not included in the quantitative reward system were statistically significant. The impact of teaching effectiveness (as measured by student evaluations of faculty) varied over the four-year period covered, the quality of teaching actually having a negative influence during some years.