Related: Pigs at the State Trough
Massachusetts' Schools Steal From Students
"UMass has most of state's top-paid workers; 94 on list of 100 highest earners" by Peter Schworm, Globe Staff | February 17, 2009
For a university laying off staff and eyeing a hefty fee increase, dominating the just-released list of top-paid state workers can't help but come across as ill-timed.
All but six of the state's 100 most lucratively compensated employees work for the University of Massachusetts, new statistics show, an eyebrow-raising array of administrators, professors, and fund-raisers.
From Derek Lovley, who pulls in $613,065.44 as associate dean of the College of Natural Resources and the Environment at UMass-Amherst, to Robert B. Hallock, who draws $228,237.56 as a distinguished professor at UMass-Amherst, the university had more than 150 employees with salaries above $200,000 last year.
On the heels of the university's announcement that it wants to raise student costs $1,500 for the next academic year, news of the public university's top-heavy payroll is raising hackles.
But our education system in "liberal" Massachusetts is ALL ABOUT the KIDS!!!
This state and its self-righteous, hypocritical DemocraPs not only embarrass and anger me, but make me want to puke! Oh, btw, Zoo-Mass sucks!
Randall Phillis, president of the faculty union at UMass-Amherst, said some faculty have long complained about high administrative salaries at the university president's office.
"It's a bit of an outrage," he said. "I don't see that they teach any students or receive any grants. It's not clear it's worth the investment."
A BIT?!!!
But the staggering salary figures are somewhat deceiving, university officials insist.
(Exhale, exhale, exhale. The sickening bastards have no comprehension at all, do they?)
For instance, while Lovley received $442,285 in base salary last year, he added to that total with $170,000 in outside public and private research grants. Since 2005, the pioneer in the field of bioremediation - the treatment of pollutants or waste with microorganisms that break down the undesirable substances - has secured $24.6 million in grants for the university, and last year garnered $4.3 million in funding from such groups as the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy, and
More agenda-pushing garbage being funded by your tax dollars, 'murka!
"For most of the people on the top earners list, the university is providing only a portion [and in some cases less than half] of the total compensation," said Ed Blaguszewski, spokesman for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. "To be a competitive research university, you need to pay a competitive salary, and from a value point of view, these researchers are bringing in major dollars to the university."
UMass-Amherst faculty members earn an average of $83,477 annually. About 8 percent of faculty salaries at the University of Massachusetts Medical School come from state appropriations, said Mark Shelton, associate vice chancellor for university relations.
The school's faculty dominate the salary list, but are largely paid through research grants and the school's clinical partner, the UMass Memorial Medical Center.
On the administrative side, high-paid administrators like medical school chancellor Michael Collins ($609,470.13) and dean Terence Flotte ($549,254.84) are paid below the median of their peers, according to Shelton.
Oh, the POOR BABIES!!!! How does that S*** SANDWICH TASTE, Mass. residents?
"You can argue that all deans are overpaid, but he's below the median of what deans at medical schools [in] the US are paid," he said. The medical school also reimburses the state each year for its employees' future pension and healthcare costs, which last year ran to $41 million, Shelton said.
It's called a KICKBACK!
Expressing a sentiment common in the UMass system since the salary information was released, Shelton said that the numbers don't necessarily tell the whole story. "All of our people, they cash their checks and are proud to do so," Shelton said. "But you need to know the context."
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"UMass employees top list of highest-paid state workers; Patrick ranked 1,076th in tally" by Andrea Estes, Globe Staff | February 11, 2009
More than 175 state employees were paid $200,000 or more last year, including more than 150 University of Massachusetts administrators and professors, 13 of whom made $400,000 or more, according to a payroll report released yesterday.
The state's top earner was Derek Lovley, associate dean of UMass-Amherst's College of Natural Resources and the Environment. Lovley, a specialist on biofuels, made $613,000, according to data made public yesterday by the state's Office of the Comptroller. He was followed by UMass Medical School Chancellor Michael F. Collins, who made $609,000.
Yes, the ENVIRO-FRAUDSTERS ARE COSTING YOU in SO MANY WAYS!!
LIES are HARMFUL no matter WHAT THEY ARE!!!
Five other UMass administrators were paid between $459,000 and $549,000, followed by UMass president Jack Wilson, who received $436,000.
Why five unmentioned? They Jewish?
Also among the top earners was James Julian, UMass executive vice president and former chief of staff to former Senate president William M. Bulger. Julian joined Bulger when Bulger became the school's president in early 1996.
Also among the state's highest moneymakers were the head basketball coach at UMass, Derek Kellogg, who made $260,000, and the school's head football coach, Donald A. Brown, who made $233,000.
Is that REALLY the BEST USE of the UNIVERSITY'S MONEY!!!
I'LL DO the JOB for A LOT LESS!!!!!
Brown left to take a coaching job with the University of Maryland. The university's athletic director, Dana Skinner, made $192,000, while the men's head ice hockey coach, Blaise MacDonald, was paid $178,000.
Wow! That's a lot for HOCKEY!!!
The payroll - which totaled more than $5 billion - included only salaries paid to employees of regular state agencies. It did not tally the pay of employees of authorities or commissions such as the MBTA, the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, or the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, which have traditionally paid some of state government's highest salaries.
Yeah, NO KIDDING!! So THAT LOOTING is HIDDEN from TAXPAYERS, 'eh?
Related: Mass. Pension Fund Loses $16 Billion
Yup, but the guy who manages it got a raise -- a nice "$64,000 bonus on top of his $322,000 annual salary!"
Also see: Mining vacation gold at Massport; Benefit is used to increase salaries, pensions of workersore
Turnpike Toll Hikes Going for Manager Bonuses
At $140,534, Governor Deval Patrick was 1,076th on the list. Supreme Judicial Court justices earned slightly more - $146,000, with the chief justice making $151,000.
Isn't there something wrong when a SPORTS COACH makes more than a JUDGE?
Robert Connolly, UMass spokesman, who was paid $163,000 last year, wrote in an e-mail that the system pays its employees in a "competitive range" with other state universities around the country.
"The University of Massachusetts sets salaries for faculty, staff, and administrators in relation to what peers are paid at comparable universities. Benchmarking salaries at market rates allows UMass to attract and retain the faculty who bring outstanding teaching to the classroom and the staff and administrators who make the University of Massachusetts an efficient and well-run institution," he wrote.
Connolly said many top-earning UMass employees are paid through research grants.
Which are funded by GUESS WHO, taxpayers?
Presidents of the public colleges - including Middlesex Community College, Northern Essex Community College, Mt. Wachusett Community College, Holyoke Community College, Fitchburg State, Salem State, Worcester State, and Westfield State - all were paid more than $200,000 last year, according to the records.
Other top earners were the state's acting chief medical examiner, Henry Nields, who was paid $250,000. Dana Mohler-Faria, the president of Bridgewater State College, made $236,000, and Joseph Carter, adjutant general of the Massachusetts National Guard, made $200,000.
Members of the State Police also earned big money, in many cases doubling their regular salaries with overtime. Mark Delaney, State Police superintendent, made $210,000. Nearly three dozen troopers received $170,000 or more, including five who more than doubled their $70,000-a-year base pay rate. One trooper, Kathleen Carney, saw her earnings soar from $70,000 to $184,000, according to the records.
Yeah, cut into the cops and firefighters so we won't pay attention to the BIG-TIME LOOTERS and we will turn against the local flatfoot! The AGENDA-PUSHING NEVER STOPS!!!!
I LIKE my LOCAL HEROES and would rather THEY GET the $$$!!!!
Among the lowest paid employees were mental health, social, and other human service workers, many of whom made $36,000 or less....
Yeah, and THOSE are the people that get LAYED OFF -- like TEACHERS!!!!
