The APA has released a report on the salaries of psychology faculty at four-year colleges and, BOY!, is the news good! For people who can't be bothered to read the full report (e.g., authors of popular textbooks for whom salary income is irrelevant), a short version of the report presenting the differences in salary between 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 for different ranks which are further divided by Carnegie classification of institution (didn't they do away with that?) can be found here: http://www.apa.org/pubs/newsletters/access/2015/12-15/psychology-faculty-salaries.aspx?_ga=1.76392284.870134855.1438342229
Some key findings: (1) Overall, salaries were "relatively" unchanged from '13-'14 to '14-'15 except for the ones that had their salary go down (after adjusting for inflation -- you know who you are). (2) The value of unions: quoting from the above article: |Psychology faculty at public institutions with collective bargaining |units earned more than psychology faculty who worked at public |institutions without collective bargaining units. No wonder people hate unions. (3) For non-tenure track faculty, the news is especially good and probably confirms what they suspected; quoting from the above article |Across all academic ranks, non-tenure-track faculty earned |approximately 77 percent of the salaries earned by |tenured/tenure-track faculty. So, for Christmas, all you tenured faculty don't forget to bring in a can of food for your non-tenure track faculty. (4) But the really good news is the following: |In general, psychology faculty earned less than faculty working in |other social science disciplines, as well as faculty in science, |technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) or STEM-related |disciplines. Don't forget to this stress this point with the undergraduates at the next career night. For folks who enjoy reading bad news, the full report can be accessed here: http://www.apa.org/workforce/publications/15-cupa-hr/index.aspx But let's not forget that extrinsic rewards like money, food, and a home is not why we went into psychology, rather, it was the intrinsic rewards of knowing we were making a difference in our student's lives, making a contribution to the discipline of psychology, and adding to the storehouse of human knowledge. And if you believe that, I got a bridge to sell you. Happy Holidays! -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=47548 or send a blank email to leave-47548-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
