Because you’re worth it: Are vice-chancellors worth the pay they get?

HEPI Number:
Debate Paper 33
Author:
Lucy Haire
Published:

In this HEPI Debate Paper, Lucy Haire probes the issue of how to set the rate of vice-chancellors’ pay fairly. Vice-chancellors bear huge responsibility as leaders of high-revenue organisations, and they are paid less than their colleagues at universities in both the USA and Australia. The report argues that rather than scapegoating institutional leaders, the higher education sector should have a serious and evidence-based debate on the topic.

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