Papp Gets $50k Pay Hike
Kennesaw State students will see a tuition increase of 2.5 percent this fall.
Kennesaw State University President Daniel Papp will see his total compensation package increase by $50,523 to $370,000, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
Papp is one of four Georgia college presidents who will receive pay hikes, effective July 1, due to action taken by the Board of Regents Wednesday, the AJC reported.
Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson's deferred compensation will increase by $166,666 to $756,666, and the salaries for Gary McGaha, president of Atlanta Metropolitan College, and David Bridges, president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, will increase by about $25,000 to $198,000, the AJC reported.
Private college foundations will pay the increases at Kennesaw State and Georgia Tech, while taxpayers will pay the salary increases at Atlanta Metro and Abraham Baldwin, Regents Chairman Ben Tarbutton said, noting that the pay bumps were based on the success of the presidents.
Do you think Papp's pay increase is well-deserved? Tell us in the comments.
"The state of this university is excellent, even with the budgetary constraints we're all dealing with," Papp said during his March address, in which he thanked faculty and staff for working within those constraints and a struggling economy.
Papp said last year's capital campaign met its five-year goal of $75 million a full 15 months ahead of schedule. "We also saw the largest private contribution and the largest grant KSU has ever received," he said.
Meanwhile, Kennesaw State students will see a tuition increase of 2.5 percent this fall, the smallest tuition increase in a decade, according to the University System of Georgia. Tuition increased by 3 percent the previous year.
Georgia Tech, UGA and Georgia State will experience tuition increases at rates of 6 percent, 5 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively.
CJ Bridges
2:00 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
ONLY if we faculty/staff also get an increase, which should be about 15% (from how his increased).
C L H
7:52 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
I think EVERYONE should get a raise once a yr but it has been 4 yrs since having one for MOST of us and many are paid below poverty level so it seems a bit much.
Meggie
11:08 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
As a self-paying, long time part-time nontraditional student it stinks having to pay all these fees and for all those fancy new buildings. Stop accepting so many students & work with what's there. And for lord's sake pay the faculty. We pay more than enough in "tuition" costs to pay them-especially when I can take the same class at Highlands, Chatt Tech, or SoPoly for 1/3 of the price, but they don't offer my degree-so I'm sitting pretty next to my rock on a hard place.
C L H
7:59 am on Friday, May 11, 2012
not just faculty but staff...most are seriously under paid..
C L H
8:58 am on Friday, May 11, 2012
to add THE STAFF is what runs the campus...the custodians are grossly under paid and they keep this campus looking pretty darn good!!! Sadly, a lot of people don't think about those "behind the scenes"
dac111309
8:10 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
As a staff member, I'm disgusted.
C L H
7:33 am on Monday, May 21, 2012
since foundation pays him maybe they have some extra money laying around..