UT sets policy to limit retreat salaries for administrators

University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro
University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro

A new policy at the University of Tennessee seeks to make pay more equitable between faculty members and former administrators in the classroom by placing limits on the salaries and stipends those ex-administrators receive.

The policy, approved Monday by the UT board of trustees executive and compensation committee on behalf of the entire board, will go into effect immediately.

In March, the USA Today Network- Tennessee reported on the university's practice of paying former administrators 75 percent of their administrative salaries for unlimited periods of time after those administrators move to faculty jobs.

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