SECTION 5: Recommended Overload and Summer Salaries
QUESTION 23: How much per graduate-level course do you think faculty should be compensated for overload pay?
Twenty-nine of the 67 faculty members (43.3%) responded to this question with actual dollar amounts per course or per credit hour. The mean recommended compensation for teaching an overload course at the graduate level was $3,974. The median was slightly lower at $3,600. The modal amount was $5,000 per course. Figure 4 presents the distribution of these responses.
Recommended Compensation for
Overload Graduate Courses
FIGURE 4: Recommended salaries ranged from $300 to $10,000 per course. Twenty-seven of the 67 total faculty members (40.3%) declined to respond.
AN ADDITIONAL 11 FACULTY MEMBERS (16.4%) RESPONDED WITH THE SUGGESTIONS LISTED BELOW:
o See what other universities do. Do not reinvent the wheel.
o 15% of base salary.
o 6 credit hours.
o 7% of salary.
o 10% of gross.
o It depends on the size of the class. If the class size in big enough, 3 graduate classes should be a full load. More than that should be compensated.
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