EXTENT OF SALARY REDUCTIONS AFTER 1930-'31

A sample survey by the American Association of University Professers*
shows that out of 96 representative institutions studied, 15 did not cut
salaries ~~ 14 in the East and 1 in the South. Only 64.5 per cent of the
private institutions represented in the survey reduced salaries; 85 per
cent of the denominational institutions did so; whereas 95.6 per cent of
the public institutions introduced cuts.

A study of available reports on salary reductions in educational
institutions indicates that the average cuts ranged between 15 and 20 per
cent, with the median approximately 15 per cent, In Kansas the reduction
ranged from 15 to 30 per cent. In other mid-western states the cuts at the
state universities were generally less than this, as shown in the following
table.

State Range of Cuts
Per cent
Minnesota 0 to 17h**
Indiana 8 to 124
Tllinois 5 to 15**
Missouri 5 to 20**
Oklahoma 5 to 20
Michigan 6 to 20
Arkansas 8 to 20**
Chio 4 to 22**
Nebraska 2or*
Colorado Aver, 20**
Towa 15 to 304
Kansas 15 to 30##
Texas 25 to 30**

 

* “Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors for March,
1936,

** Part of this has since been restored. See Page 4.

# Reduction was actually lower than in Kansas. For example, a salary
that was cut 18% in Iowa was reduced 25% in Kansas. The Iowa cuts
above 18% applied to salaries that were with a few exceptions higher
than any paid in Kansas,

## Except in case of the Chancellor the maximum reduction was 25 per cent.