Compensation

Buck up, Les Miles -- you have to start somewhere.

Miles, Louisiana State University's new football coach, will earn at least $1.25 million a year under the seven-year deal that the university has offered him, LSU announced Wednesday. The university's Board of Supervisors is expected to approve the deal January 20.

Study of salaries at four-year colleges finds raises in 2004-5 much better than last year's average of 2.1%.

Most like their positions, but many have tight budgets and question whether they are actually being trained.

Student protest season is in full swing.

Two weeks after students at Georgetown University ended a hunger strike aimed at winning a "living wage" for janitors and other contract workers there, students at Washington University in St. Louis have started their own such protest -- and the university is turning up the heat on them.

The average salary for a full-time faculty member at a community college is just over $52,134 this academic year, up from $50,998 a year ago.

Faculty members sue Knoxville College, charging that they haven’t been compensated for nearly a year.

George Washington U. says faculty will benefit from a six-month delay in raises. Professors want to see their money now.

New research explains why gaps between disciplines are larger at some institutions than others.

Kent State professors consider a strike over plan to change their health benefits.

At Michigan State, 9 unions have agreed to link their salary increases to the university's costs in paying for insurance.