美国大学校长年薪超过大多数企业高管

 　　College presidents on average earn $377,261 annually¹, or more than twice the average pay for CEOs, who take home about $176,840 on average each year, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

　　根据克利夫兰联邦储备银行的最新调查显示，美国大学校长的平均年收入为37.7261万美元，是CEO平均年薪的两倍多，后者的平均年薪为17.684万美元。

　　At the same time, American students face ever-increasing tuition bills, with the growth in college costs for years dwarfing² the rate of inflation. The question of why college now costs so much more than it did a few decades ago prompted the economists³ to ask if the cause could be the high pay taken home by college presidents.

　　同时，美国学生也面临着不断增长的学费账单，多年来大学费用的增长已经高于通货膨胀率。为什么现在大学的费用比几十年前要高这一问题使得经济学家质疑，是否原因可能是大学校长的高工资造成的。

　　美国大学校长年薪超过大多数企业高管

　　Not every college president is pulling in the big bucks⁴, however. Leaders at research universities earn much higher compensation than rivals at colleges that only offer bachelor's degrees. Presidents at research universities are pulling in an average of $1.18m, compared with $280,974 for presidents at four-year institutions focusing on the arts and sciences.

　　但并非每位大学校长的年薪都很高。研究型大学的校长的收入远高于仅提供学士学位的大学的校长。研究型大学的校长的平均年收入为118万美元，而专注于艺术与科学四年制教育的大学的校长平均年薪仅为28.0974万美元。

　　That may seem like a tidy sum, but the researchers said it's not college presidents' rich pay packages that are to blame for soaring tuition. If college presidents were to divide up their pay and write out checks to all their students, the per-person payout would be fairly low, amounting to no more than $300 per student.

　　这可能看起来是一个很好的总结，但是研究者们却表示，大学校长们的高额工资并不是学费飞涨的原因。如果大学校长要把他们的工资分配出来并给所有的学生开支票，那么人均支出将相当低，每名学生将不会到达300美元。

　　"Because the president at a given college is only one person, whereas colleges generally enroll⁵ hundreds or even thousands of students, lowering the salaries of college presidents would not do much to contain per-student costs," the researchers note.

　　调查者指出：“在一个特定的大学，校长只是一个人，而普通高校要招生几百甚至几千名学生，所以降低大学校长的工资对控制每个学生的费用不会有太大作用。”

 

1 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

2 dwarfing   

n.矮化病

参考例句：

• In the Northwest, they are being planted by hedgerow on seedling roots, clonal and dwarfing stocks. 在西北部地区用灌木树篱把它接在实生砧、无性砧及矮化砧上。 来自辞典例句
• In the Northwest, they are being planted by hedgrow on seedling roots, clonal and dwarfing stocks. 在西北部地区把它接在实生砧、无性砧及矮化砧上。 来自辞典例句

3 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 enroll   

v.招收；登记；入学；参军；成为会员（英)enrol

参考例句：

• I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
• They enroll him as a member of the club.他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。