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A professor's department found she was paid less than men were, unfairly, for failing to go out and get other offers. A judge said that didn't matter.

AAUP study finds small gains in faculty salaries, offset by inflation, for the third year in a row. View lists of the colleges with the highest salaries. Plus our exclusive database of the AAUP data.

Hottest field for new faculty hires over the past year is health professions, as some 1,410 new assistant professors picked up jobs, according to new data from CUPA-HR.

Study finds no relationship between pay for public university presidents and money brought in from state appropriations or fund-raising.

University of the Cumberlands does not have to pay its former president compensation totaling $400,000 per year in a case that called into question contracts and promises.

Lawsuit over whether retired president is owed hundreds of thousands of dollars per year plus perks -- including an apartment -- sheds light on the issue of executive compensation.

U of Arizona is sued over alleged discrimination against female faculty members in pay and promotions. This suit follows one by female deans.

A lucrative form of patronage appears to be emerging at Michigan State in the wake of the Nassar scandal, write James Finkelstein and Judith Wilde.