In a time when universities and colleges nationwide are placing emphasis on teaching, Georgetown University has been forced to put on hold its policy of using medical school faculty members' ability to earn grant money to directly determine professors' salaries.
Georgetown University spokesperson Paul Donovan said the policy set certain guaranteed floors of income for professors, and depending on the grant money generated, their income could be increased.
Donovan reported that at Georgetown in 1998, full professors earned an average of $103,000 per year, while associate professors made $73,500 per year. The university guaranteed assistant professors $59,000 per year.
Based on amounts of grant money they bring to the university, professors were able to earn more than the set floors.
"Their ability to earn more does have something to do with grants," Donovan said. "Even while it was in effect, no one had any salary reductions in cause of it."
The policy is currently under review, Donovan said. Georgetown's Board of Regents suspended further implementation of the policy and ordered a com-
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