Overpaid at the Top - Professor The Citadel Employee Review

2.0
Jan 6, 2016
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Pros

Working with the evening, day undergraduate and graduate students as well as the cadets. This school now has a large population of civilian students so it is no longer just a "military" school. The student population is diverse and rapidly expanding to offer more opportunities to the low country. The online degree offerings from the Citadel continue to grow and many other students across the United States are now joining the citadel team. The growth and expansion of the diverse student body at the citadel is a great thing for the state.

Cons

The pay at the highest echelons is very out of balance compared to the rest of the employees. When full professors make $60K-$70K a year and the president and several others make obscene amounts, there is a problem. Just recently the top 7 or 8 employees at the school took huge pay increases and tried to cover it up when they were questioned about it. From my standpoint, the leadership at the Citadel lacks ethics.

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The Citadel Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We are continuing to address the salaries of our faculty as a part of our efforts with the salary study. All of our salaries above $50k are on the state's public database. All increases are documented in HR, following our pay plan policy, and we are audited by the state HR office as required.

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