`Non-Profit' Columbia University Teachers College Paid Five Professors Over $210,000 Each In Annual Salaries In 2005

In its Form 990 “return of organization exempt from income tax” for 2004, the Teachers College of Columbia University noted it “receives assistance from the state of New York as well as grants and contracts from a variety of federal, state, and local agencies for its exempt purposes.” Yet between September 1, 2004 and August 31, 2005, the tax-exempt Teachers College of Columbia University apparently paid some of its professors a lot more per year than the annual salaries received by either the typical New York City public school teacher, the typical university grad school teaching assistant or the typical non-tenured adjunct college professor.

According to its Form 990 report for 2004, at least five Columbia University Teachers College professors were paid annual salaries of more than $210,000 between September 2004 and September 2005. Columbia University Teachers College Professor Sharon Kagan, for instance, was paid an annual salary of $274,835, while Columbia University Teachers College Professor Henry Levin was paid an annual salary of $239,729. In addition, during the same period Columbia University Teachers College Professor Ruth Vinz was paid a salary of $216,763, Columbia University Teachers College Professor Thomas Bailey was paid a salary of $213,327 and Columbia University Teachers College Professor Charles Basch was paid a salary of $210,617.

The “non-profit” Teachers College of Columbia University also apparently used its tax-exempt status to pay some of its top administrators a lot more per year than your typical New York City public school teacher receives for actually teaching inside a classroom during the academic year. Between September 2004 and September 2005, the then-Columbia University Teachers College President, Arthur Levine, was paid a $315,600 annual salary, while the Dean of Columbia University Teachers College, Darlyne Bailey, was paid a salary of $270,000. In addition, the Vice President for Finance and Administration at Columbia University Teachers College, Fred Schnur, was paid an annual salary of $241,000, while the Vice President for Development and External Affairs at Columbia University Teachers College, Joseph Bosnan, was paid an annual salary of $240,000 between September 2004 and September 2005. The Assistant to the President of the “non-profit” Columbia University Teachers’ College was also paid an annual salary of $149,300 between September 2004 and September 2005.

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