The Global Future of Higher Education and the Academic Profession: The BRICs and the United States (February, 2013)

Edited by Philip Altbach, Gregory Androushchak, Yaroslav Kuzminov, Maria Yudkevich, and Liz Reisberg

The Global Future of Higher Education and the Academic Profession focuses on the all-important emerging BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) nations by analyzing the academic profession and particularly salaries and contracts. The professoriate is key to the success of any academic system, and this is the first book to carefully analyze academic systems and the academic profession.

The academic profession must be adequately paid, and appointments to academic jobs must be based on merit and provide an effective career path for the 'best and brightest' to be attracted to the profession. The BRICs show a variety of approaches to academic careers—and none provide globally competitive salaries. China and Russia, in particular, pay academics poorly. Using purchasing power parity, this book is able to accurately compare the actual purchasing power of the academic profession. The book also analyzes how professors are appointed and promoted. While the BRICs may be emerging global economic powers, their academic systems still face significant challenges.

Paying the Professoriate: A Global Comparison of Compensation and Contracts (April, 2012)

Edited by Philip Altbach, Liz Reisberg, Maria Yudkevich, Gregory Androushchak, and Iván Pacheco

Paying the Professoriate is the first comparative analysis of global faculty salaries, remuneration, and terms of employment. Offering an in-depth international comparison of academic salaries in 28 countries across public, private, research, and non-research universities, chapter authors shed light on the conditions and expectations that shape the modern academic profession. The top researchers on the academic profession worldwide analyze common themes, trends, and the impact of these matters on academic quality and research productivity. In a world where higher education capacity is a key driver of national innovation and prosperity, and nations seek to fast-track their economic growth through expansion of higher education systems, policy makers and administrators increasingly seek answers about what actions they should be taking. Paying the Professoriate provides a much needed resource, illuminating the key issues and offering recommendations.

"Paying the Professoriate" in the News

New York Times
How Much Is a Professor Worth?

The Herald Tribune
Professors’ Salaries Are Graded on the Global Curve

University World News
Pay comparisons: Are you paid as much as other professionals?

Post-soviet universities need academic salaries reform to succeed

Good news for permanent academics in public institutions

Times Higher Education
Academic salaries no longer attract top talent, survey finds

Inside Higher Education
Faculty Pay, Around the World

The Global Ticker (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Canadian Professors Are Best Paid in the World—Again

The Atlantic
What China's Talking About Today: Why Aren't Teachers Paid More?

The Star (Canada)
Why Canada’s professors are the best (best-paid, that is)

Macleans.CA (Canada)
Canadian profs: the world's highest paid

Der Spiegel (Germany)
Globaler Trend

Portal Universidade (Brasil)
Canadá é o país que melhor paga professores universitários; Brasil é o 18º

Higher Education Development Association (HEDA) Blog (Norway)
Academic Compensation Around the World – It is not Just About the Salary

Punch (Nigeria)
Nigerian professors among best paid in the world

La Republicca (Italy) - April 3, 2012, page 20
Università, prof italiani tra i più pagati “Ma quanto è difficile salire in cattedra”

Return On Academic Research (Italy)
Il paese di Bengodi. Come i docenti universitari sono tutti ricchi e non lo sanno

il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)
Essere ricchi e non saperlo

EL Universal (Venezuela)
Sueldos de profesores: Poco gana la educación superior como base de la innovación y la competitividad de los países

Analitica.com (Venezuela)
Sueldos de profesores

Ethnos (Greece)
Καλύτερα αμειβόμενοι οι Kαναδοί πανεπιστημιακοί

The Australian
Local pay rates up with the best

The Hindu (India)
Give the professor a raise

duz (Germany)
Am Ende der Top Ten

ScienceGuide (the Netherlands)
Where the rich professors live…

NZZ Online (Switzerland)
Schweiz zahlt Uni-Professoren die höchsten Löhne

EL TIEMPO.com (Colombia)
Colombia, un país que paga bajos sueldos a sus profesores

ESTADAO.com (Brazil)
Quanto vale um professor?