Levin’s salary third-highest in Ivy League
University President Richard Levin slipped from first to third place in total compensation among Ivy League presidents in the 2006-’07 fiscal year, according to data published Monday by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Columbia University President Lee Bollinger was the highest-paid Ivy League president in that year, receiving a compensation package worth a total of $1,411,894. Amy Guttman, president of the University of Pennsylvania, was second at $1,088,786, according to the Chronicle, which on Monday released its annual report on the compensation of university...
Is he worth it? My property taxes certainly haven't gone down and he's the defacto mayor of New Haven.
That is too money for a prestigious and coveted position. Many competent faculty members would take the job and perform better for half the amount.
i'm not sure if i care about how much any ivy league president makes. i'm not sure if i care at all, yale daily "news."
levin's salary is way too high. any decent mba could do his job as good as he does it.
Levin's salary is not that high. He would have made at least 10 times more had he been working at a hedge fund in Greenwich or New York (well, maybe not in 2008, but in any normal year).
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You mean like Larry Summers did?
College Prez is NOT just a mgmt job... I may not agree with *everything* Levin does, but he earns his salary.
10% increase per year?? I work at Yale and my salary has not increased 10% each year. In fact, I believe that salary increases at Yale have been below the cost of living.
Some of the top prep school heads get paid 300 to 500 grand per year. I think it is reasonable for the head of Yale to be pulling in $1 million; there is a TON of responsibility that comes with being President (in terms of setting the direction/future of the university and liability etc). Not anyone could do Levin's job VERY VERY WELL: Levin has done a solid job leading this University -- just check out the earlier YDN articles this year.
he's been a great president for yale...not many would deny that. then why not reward him for it? the value of his leadership to the university is worth more than his million dollar paycheck
Levin is worth every penny and then some. He needs a raise.
He is not a great president. Earlier this year, he attracted national negative attention to Yale by bashing prolifers. In the past, he has not been friendly to orthodox Jews and many other groups through reckless rhetoric.
"i'm not sure if i care about how much any ivy league president makes. i'm not sure if i care at all, yale daily "news.""
And yet you cared enough to comment.
is this news?