Pitt chancellor, top officials get raises

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | December 4, 2012 | Debra Erdley

[rightwingintelligentsia]

University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark Nordenberg will pocket a 3.3 percent raise or $18,500 for the 2012-13 fiscal year, bringing his base annual compensation to $580,000.

Six other university officers will get raises ranging from 3.3 percent to 15 percent under a package the Compensation Committee of Pitt’s board of trustees approved on Tuesday.

Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia Beeson will see her annual salary jump $34,000 to $374,000; Executive Vice Chancellor and General Counsel Jerome Cochrane are up $18,000 to $493,000; Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Assistant Chancellor Jean B. Ferketish, gets an $8,000 hike to $216,000; Arthur Levine, Senior Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine gets a $25,500 boost to $787,500; Chief Financial Officer Arthur Ramicone gets $13,000 more to $357,000; and Chief Investment Officer Amy Marsh got the biggest cash increase of $53,000 to $405,000.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

And they wonder why tuition costs are going through the roof.

[Moltke]

How many Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Senior Vice Chancellors, Assitant Chancellors, Deputy Chancellors does one university need? The administrative bloat is so obvious as to be almost comical.