Machen's pay tops list of Florida university presidents

From the Alligator.org:

There's a powerful man roaming campus.

He's given thousands of dollars each year for the upkeep of his Audi. He makes more money than the governor.

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently released the salaries of every university president in the nation.

Guess who tops the list in Florida.

UF President Bernie Machen's base salary is $411,037, according to the Chronicle's report.

On top of that, he gets a $7,888 allowance for his car, $22,924 for retirement pay, a $75,000 annual bonus and a $210,000 retention bonus.

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Should a University that has such low salaries for faculty and staff and that is suffering from a budget crunch have a President that gets paid more than university leaders from the California system? It's important to note that this President has added more bureaucracy which costs Florida taxpayers more and makes him responsible for less work...

Machen Pulls Top Ten Bucks While Faculty, Staff Remains Underpaid

From the SunSentinel.com:

Three of the top 10, highest-paid public university chief executives in the country work in Florida, according to a report released today by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

University of Florida President Bernard Machen received $726,849 in pay and benefits, placing him sixth on the list. Florida State University's T.K. Wetherell followed at seventh, with $702,127. President John Hitt, of the University of Central Florida, ranked ninth, collecting $684,708 last year.

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In comparison, most university faculty in Florida are paid less than $100,000 a year.

"There seems to be a disproportion there," said Tom Auxter, a philosophy professor at UF and president of the 18,000-member United Faculty of Florida, which represents faculty at colleges and universities. "Faculty salaries [in Florida] are $10,000 to $20,000 behind their [national] counterparts."

This cost is just the tip of the iceberg for UF, as Machen has added additional layers of bureaucracy in the form of a Chief Operating Officer. This person will in essence be running the University, leaving Machen to... um... I'm not sure. What DOES Machen do for his salary? It ha a motivator of faculty? Do they trust his leadership? Take a look at the Faculty Survey and decide for yourself...