Examination of the Horowitz ‘Live-on Report’: The relationship between college administrator salaries, benefits, and job requirements
Location
Preston 2
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
Higher education institutions are facing a looming staffing crisis as attrition rates of college administrators increase, while the desirability to enter the profession is arguably at an all-time low. At the forefront of this attrition is the real concern for salary inequalities and salary compression for professional positions that require a graduate degree (and the ensuing cost of that education). The student affairs profession and its international associations, such as NASPA, have recognized these salary concerns and acknowledge they are adaptive challenges the profession faces now and in the foreseeable future. To further explore these salary concerns, this presentation will share our inquiry into this problem-of-practice and our initial findings into the relationship between college administrator salaries, benefits, and job requirements. The archival data for this study comes from the well-respected ‘Horowitz Live-on Report’ which annually compiles the salary and job requirements of entry-level student affairs professionals who oversee on-campus housing.
Keywords
higher education, student affairs, attrition, salary, ROI
Professional Bio
Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration at Georgia Southern University. Previous roles included serving as a Higher Education Administration program director and 12 years as a student affairs administrator in Residence Life, Student Conduct, and Student Life. Research is theoretically informed and guided by the tenets of student development theory - exploring the application of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Kolb’s Experiential Learning, Sanford’s Challenge and Support, and Astin’s Theory of Involvement. This theoretical framework is intertwined with the two streams of a scholarly agenda: 1) The profession of student affairs and 2) The residential and co-curricular experience of college students.
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Recommended Citation
Tolman, Steven; Calhoun, Daniel W.; and Tankersley, Benjamin, "Examination of the Horowitz ‘Live-on Report’: The relationship between college administrator salaries, benefits, and job requirements" (2024). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 63.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2024/2024/63
Examination of the Horowitz ‘Live-on Report’: The relationship between college administrator salaries, benefits, and job requirements
Preston 2
Higher education institutions are facing a looming staffing crisis as attrition rates of college administrators increase, while the desirability to enter the profession is arguably at an all-time low. At the forefront of this attrition is the real concern for salary inequalities and salary compression for professional positions that require a graduate degree (and the ensuing cost of that education). The student affairs profession and its international associations, such as NASPA, have recognized these salary concerns and acknowledge they are adaptive challenges the profession faces now and in the foreseeable future. To further explore these salary concerns, this presentation will share our inquiry into this problem-of-practice and our initial findings into the relationship between college administrator salaries, benefits, and job requirements. The archival data for this study comes from the well-respected ‘Horowitz Live-on Report’ which annually compiles the salary and job requirements of entry-level student affairs professionals who oversee on-campus housing.
