RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
CUPA-HR’s research publications and interactive graphics highlight trends and issues around higher ed workforce planning, pay equity, representation of women and racial/ethnic minorities, and more.
The Aging of Tenure-Track Faculty in Higher Ed
This report examines how faculty are distributed by age, how age and rank affect salary, the representation of women and...
Focus on Psychology Faculty
This brief provides a snapshot of psychology faculty data: how their salaries compare to other disciplines, the represen...
The Impact of the FLSA Overtime Rule on Higher Education
This report details the history of the salary threshold, changes higher ed institutions made based on the 2016 proposed ...
The Challenges of an Aging Higher Ed Workforce
This brief focuses on the implications of the aging staff workforce in higher education, specifically professionals and ...
Diversity in Higher Education Information Technology
This brief provides a snapshot of diversity and pay equity in higher education IT, a look at the aging of IT administrat...
Impact of the Economic Recession on Student Enrollment and Faculty Composition: 2003-2018
Many colleges and universities faced significant fiscal challenges after the 2008 recession. This report explores the im...
A Snapshot of the Staff Workforce in Community and Technical Colleges
This brief provides data takes on staff composition and benefits, as well as the representation and pay of women and min...
Focus on Student Affairs 2018
This research brief takes a closer look at the challenges institutions face in addressing the needs of students as indiv...
Representation and Pay of Women of Color in the Higher Education Workforce
This report examines representation and pay equity for the intersection of two groups: women and individuals who identif...
Institutions That Are Getting It Right
This brief highlights the data behind 11 institutions that had consistent success in terms of representation and pay equ...
Pay and Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Administrative Positions
This brief provides a summary of how higher education has represented and paid racial /ethnic minorities in administra...
The Gender Pay Gap and the Representation of Women in Administrative Positions
This brief provides a nuanced interpretation of how higher education has paid women in administrative positions from 200...