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Today the Chronicle of Higher Education released information on the " Median Salaries of Senior College Administrators by Job Category and Type of Institution, 2011-12 . "  Giving concerns about administrative costs contributing to rising tuition-- or at minimum, the difficulty in keeping tuition flat giving the expansion of some administrations, this is data we should all pay attention to. How does UW-Madison stack up? A quick comparison of the salaries of a sample of 20 or so indicate that overall, Madison pays slightly better than the median salaries at doctoral-grant institutions.  But that conceals some heterogeneity which may deserve further attention.  What jumped out most to me is that while men like Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell, and Vice Chancellor for University Relations Vince Sweeney, and Dean of the Graduate School Martin Cadwalleder earn $30-60,000 more than the median for people in their position, three of the key female stars o...

Just a quick update -- The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has released the list of colleges and universities it plans to investigate for giving preference to men in admissions: Catholic University of America Georgetown Gettysburg Goldey-Beacom Goucher College Howard Johns Hopkins Lincoln University (Pa.) Loyola University Maryland Messiah College Shepherd University Shippensburg University University of Delaware University of Maryland-Baltimore County University of Maryland-Eastern Shore University of Richmond Virginia Union University Washington College York University (Pa) Original Post: "The So-Called Boy Mystery"

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights recently announced that it would investigate whether some colleges are discriminating against women in an effort to generate a more gender-diverse student population. Reaction was mixed, with some saying it's about time that the "crisis with boys" in higher education is acknowledged and addressed, and others expressing some disbelief and ridicule that the gender wars have come to this. But part of the overall response really stuck in my craw--the oft-repeated claim that we "just don't know" what's going on with boys. According to many, sources for the gender differential in higher education are a complete " mystery ," a puzzle , a whodunit that we may be intentionally ignoring. Yes, there are numerous potential explanations for the under-representation of men in higher education--and in particular the growing female advantage in terms of bachelor's degree completion. For example, it could be that boys ...