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USM pay increases upset faculty

Significant salary increases for high-level University of Southern Mississippi administrators drew criticism from some faculty Friday.

In a document prepared and distributed by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee noting selected raises between the 2005-2006 fiscal year and the 2006-2007 fiscal year, increases for top officials ranged from 5 to 86 percent. The data were based on information from the university's public budget books, senators said....