FACULTY REWARD STRUCTURES - TOWARD INSTITUTIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HOMOGENIZATION

Data on more than 4,000 full-time, tenure-track faculty in four-year c olleges and universities were analyzed to examine the relative importa nce of teaching, research, administration, and service in determining basic salary, Results showed the dominance of a research-oriented facu lty reward structure for each type of institution regardless of profes sed mission. The same research-oriented reward structure was evident i n each type of discipline. Teaching activities seldom were rewarded; i n some cases, time spent on teaching was negatively related to salary.