http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061210/OPINION03/612100303/1014/OPINION

Faculty heads critical of salaries

...However, we wonder if so much attention should be given to the compensation package for a new president at this stage of the search process. Does recruiting the best possible president for USM mean that she or he will need to command a compensation package many times larger than the compensation for most faculty and staff? We also wonder what message a very large compensation package for a president sends to students....

...The editorial also stated that the current president of USM would receive a huge retroactive raise. This greatly concerns us....

...There may be other compensation stories at USM. For example, the salary of one senior administrator...