You're right junior. It was never about the money. It's boils down to what's right vs. what's wrong.
FC: Trustees increase Penn State president’s total pay by $1M
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Not scapegoating Joe. Just calling out idiocy and using him as a reference. Get it.
Not a fan of statues unless they are for someone who died for our country in war.If we win the natty this year, can we build the statue of James instead? Asking for a friend.
In all seriousness regarding the topic at hand, as long as she’s earning her money in terms of rebuilding our academic foundation that has eroded over time, I personally don’t care how much she makes.
I don’t believe it is the highest tuition in the B1G. This dead horse has been beaten hundreds of times on here with one poster actually posting all the B1G tuition rates to let everyone see for themselves, yet this false narrative continues to thrown around. Saying it over and over doesn’t make it true, although in today’s society that seems to be accepted.
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but I saw it on the internet
No, not getting it. Setting up a strawman that has nothing to do with the topic at hand is the idiocy of a weak mind. Get it?
Good grief. It is the highest in-state tuition in the Big Ten - and it isn't even close
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This huge raise seems tone deaf in light of multiple campuses being shut down and hundreds of people losing their jobs
Struggles are for the little people I guess
Struggles are for the little people I guess
You ranted, but you forgot to read.
The comment wasn't about highest in-state tuition. The comment was about highest tuition. So, the other poster was entirely correct that PSU does not have the highest tuition in the Big Ten, and you should apologize for calling him ignorant.
Maybe this is a habitual problem for you ... you're so apt to attack, that you forget to be accurate and factual. And there's no goodwill on that balance sheet to make up for the shortcomings. And that's how you end up booted from the BoT.
Regardless, if you want larger in-state discounts, that's on the legislators to actually fund that. The comparative lack of state funding explains the comparative lack of in-state tuition discounts ... and it's getting worse. Legislators use the "state-related" distinction to fail to properly support PSU.
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Well where do you think they are getting the extra money to pay her from? ;-)
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This one - to $2,8 M is just so incredibly arrogant that it is almost awe-inspiring, in a ***** sort of way.
Last year - the raise to $1.8 M per year - was "tone deaf"
This one - to $2,8 M is just so incredibly arrogant that it is almost awe-inspiring, in a ***** sort of way.
Having now rendered the most factual post in this thread, maybe I’ll get the Heisman….
Thanks for your insightful response. Part of which you apparently deleted because you come off as a disgruntled ex employee type. While the in-state tuition maybe the highest, the total cost to attend and overall average tuition cost is not the highest in the B1G, but you already know that, so you point out the in-state tuition to support your narrative. If you think I am a football centric mind, you couldn’t be more wrong. Bringing down the in state tuition would be of great benefit to me. PSU giving out more (or any) merit based student aid would also be of great benefit to me. Hence, why my original comment in this thread was about how many merit scholarships could be awarded with the money Neeli will get in the form of a raise.
TribLive Editorial
"According to a recent report by the Chronicle of Higher Education, the change would make Bendapudi the second-highest paid public university president in the country, behind only Jay Hartzell at the University of Texas-Austin. She leapfrogs 15 public administrators, including those at Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson and Florida State.
This comes after another change last year that increased her incentive to stay, changing a $1.25 million sweetener to stay until 2027 to a $1.5 million check if she stays until 2032.
It’s not only disgusting to see this kind of flagrant increase while other people are losing their jobs and their educational homes. It’s also disingenuous.
How does anyone working for Penn State accept the need for belt-tightening when the president’s belt is being loosened to accommodate a fatter wallet? And how does a student — or a student’s parent — swallow the cost of a Penn State education knowing this is where the money is going?"
"According to a recent report by the Chronicle of Higher Education, the change would make Bendapudi the second-highest paid public university president in the country, behind only Jay Hartzell at the University of Texas-Austin. She leapfrogs 15 public administrators, including those at Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson and Florida State.
This comes after another change last year that increased her incentive to stay, changing a $1.25 million sweetener to stay until 2027 to a $1.5 million check if she stays until 2032.
It’s not only disgusting to see this kind of flagrant increase while other people are losing their jobs and their educational homes. It’s also disingenuous.
How does anyone working for Penn State accept the need for belt-tightening when the president’s belt is being loosened to accommodate a fatter wallet? And how does a student — or a student’s parent — swallow the cost of a Penn State education knowing this is where the money is going?"
That psu is overpaying for a mediocrity like Bendapudi says a lot about psu and none of it is good.
I ain't Tony Lubes, if that's what you're thinkingWhat does @Tony 83 think about this compensation escalation?
They closed 7 campuses.
You complain when they expand and complain when the contract.
Yep.
When I first found out that the Board was going to bestow (another) raise upon her, i had a rough idea of what the magnitude of the raise would likely be, and how it might be structured.
When I found out what it was? Holy cow! Never would have expected anything that outlandish.
Most folks around PSU, I think, know how Neeli Bendapudi values her skills as a marketer and "framer of the message".
To do something this tone deaf - both the magnitude of the salary/raise, and, even more so, the complaining of being "underpaid" and "underappreciated" at $1.8 Million - is just stunning.
Stunning at any time. But when overlayed with the controversial decisions that were explained as being necessary due to fiscal concerns? At a time when faculty/staff have been repeatedly told "I am so sorry. I value you so much - but there just isn't any money available in the budget?" Amidst the supposed lobbying of the State for more money? While faculty are at least considering unionization?
Wow! Could you possibly frame a worse message?
Now I know why I'm stroking $30,000 checks for one effing semester of school
Don’t worry. Penn State will tell you when they have enough money.
I decided look up pitt’s chancellor’s salary.
https://www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/trustees-approve-25
”Several of Pitt’s senior executives will receive 2.5% raises next year, but Chancellor Joan Gabel has requested that her raise instead be added to the staff’s Compensation Modernization project.
Gabel was hired in July 2022 at a base salary of $950,000 and was not eligible for a raise in 2024. The 2.5% increase she would have received for 2025 amounts to $23,750.
“This was the first cycle where I’ve been fully able to work with staff leadership on the compensation modernization program, but it was also a cycle where we had a limited raise pool — so deferring my salary increase is one small way to show that I’m serious about supporting the program,” Gabel said.”
https://www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/trustees-approve-25
”Several of Pitt’s senior executives will receive 2.5% raises next year, but Chancellor Joan Gabel has requested that her raise instead be added to the staff’s Compensation Modernization project.
Gabel was hired in July 2022 at a base salary of $950,000 and was not eligible for a raise in 2024. The 2.5% increase she would have received for 2025 amounts to $23,750.
“This was the first cycle where I’ve been fully able to work with staff leadership on the compensation modernization program, but it was also a cycle where we had a limited raise pool — so deferring my salary increase is one small way to show that I’m serious about supporting the program,” Gabel said.”