Gov. Brown Blasts Pay Hike For CSU San Diego President
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Jerry Brown is criticizing a plan to increase the salary of a California State University president when deep budget cuts are prompting the 23-campus system to raise tuition.
By a 4-2 vote, a committee of the CSU Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved a $400,000 compensation package for the Elliot Hirshman, the incoming president of San Diego State University. That's $100,000 more than his predecessor.
The full board is scheduled to vote on Hirshman's pay Tuesday afternoon.
In a letter to the board, Brown questioned whether Hirshman needed to be paid twice as much of the nation's Chief Justice. He asked the board to re-evaluate how it sets administrator salaries.
CSU officials defended the move, saying the university needs to provide competitive compensation to recruit and retain top administrators.
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