QUESTION 19: To what extent would you say that KSU salaries reflect racial equity?
Thirty-one of 67 faculty members (46.3%) responded to this question. Table 7 presents the distribution of the responses by reported race or ethnicity. Of the 31 faculty members who provided a value on the scale 13 (41.9%) were African American, 12 (38.7%) were Caucasian, 3 (9.7%) were Asian/Pacific Islander, and 2 (6.5%) declined to respond.
Of the 31 faculty members who responded, 20 (64.6%) responded not at all or somewhat, indicating that salaries at Kentucky State University are perceived by these faculty to reflect racial disparity, while 11 respondents (35.5%) indicated that there is moderate or complete salary equity. Thirty-six faculty members (53.7% of the 67 total respondents) declined to respond to this question.
TABLE 9: PERCEIVED SALARY EQUITY BY RACE/ETHNICITY
| Race/Ethnicity | Not at all | Somewhat | Moderately | Completely | Declined* | Total |
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| Other (please specify) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| African American | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
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| Other African descent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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| Caucasian | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 31 |
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| Declined* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
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| Total | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 36* | 67 |
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COMMENTS FROM 11 FACULTY MEMBERS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING:
- oIt is clear that one race above all is preferred for the highest tier jobs on campus.
- oI certainly feel that in the past KSU administration has offered most opportunities for advancement to colleagues of color, to the detriment of the university in several instances. I know of several very deserving people who have experienced salary discrimination.
- oI have anecdotal evidence that KSU salaries reflect racial equity.
- oYou have to be kidding.
- oWhite Men and women make more salary for less experience, credentials and ability to do their jobs; people of color are considered subservient and not given opportunities to advance in positions, negotiate salaries and/or receive pay increases to accommodate for inequities.
- oThis varies unit by unit and a reasoned opinion cannot be offered until such time as HR provides requested data to the Salary Compensation Committee and BASC.
- oPlease see my answer to #16. In our department's recent hiring practices, the salaries did not reflect racial equity, but black faculty are in demand nationwide, so that makes sense. It's not an issue that some faculty are paid more than others, so long as no one is being underpaid, which is what's happening now.
- oI have only compared salary with one other faculty member of a different race/ethnicity, our salaries were the same.
- oPerhaps a slight advantage for African Americans.
- oI have anecdotal evidence that KSU salaries reflect racial equity.
- oIn the School of Business, there does not appear disparity by race.
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sparity by race.