{"id":505071,"date":"2026-01-10T01:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/505071\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T01:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:58:10","slug":"unf-records-show-14-administrators-received-over-412k-in-raises-as-faculty-got-1200-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/505071\/","title":{"rendered":"UNF records show 14 administrators received over $412K in raises as faculty got $1,200 each"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/unf-uff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Faculty of Florida\u2013University of North Florida<\/a> released salary data showing that 14 university administrators received raises totaling $412,735.63 since May 2025 \u2014 with an average increase of more than $29,000 each \u2014 while roughly 250 <a href=\"https:\/\/unfspinnaker.com\/81961\/latest-stories\/unf-faculty-still-at-odds-with-bot-over-raises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faculty<\/a> members received across-the-board raises of $1,200.<\/p>\n<p>Administrators earning more than $175,000 saw percentage increases ranging from 1.97% to 29.58%, with several raises tied to expanded responsibilities, retention, or contract renewals, according to the records provided to UFF-UNF by the university in an open-records request.<\/p>\n<p>The largest raises included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Scott Bennett, senior vice president for Administration and Finance, received a $70,246.95 increase, raising his salary to $375,000.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Karen Patterson, provost and executive vice president, received a $65,144 increase, raising her salary to $425,000.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Caitlin Doherty, associate vice president for Arts and MOCA executive director, received a 29.58% raise \u2014 a $63,919.75 increase to $280,000.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Teresa Nichols, vice president for University Development and Alumni Engagement, received a $48,315 increase, raising her salary to $300,000.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Abby Willcox, associate vice president of Institutional Research and Performance, received a $44,830.10 increase, raising her salary to $255,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other raises ranged from $5,200 to $27,960, including increases for college deans, vice presidents and assistant vice presidents.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, UNF allocated approximately $300,000 for faculty raises this year \u2014 the equivalent of $1,200 per eligible faculty member, according to UFF-UNF President Madalina Tanase. That means the total amount distributed to 14 administrators exceeded the entire faculty raise pool by 37.58% more than the raise amount allocated to about 500 faculty.<\/p>\n<p>Since July 2022, UNF has implemented across-the-board faculty raises averaging 14.8%. Since July 1, 2024, 399 faculty members have also received additional raises totaling $2.9 million, as the university works to close pay gaps for employees earning below market rates, according to a university spokesperson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUNF fosters a work environment that prioritizes fair compensation and opportunities for internal advancement among faculty and staff as it works to recruit and retain top talent,\u201d said a university spokesperson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>For more information or news tips, or if you see an error in this story or have any compliments or concerns, contact <a href=\"https:\/\/unfspinnaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"f89d9c918c978ab88d969e8b8891969699939d8ad69b9795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Faculty of Florida\u2013University of North Florida released salary data showing that 14 university administrators received raises&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":505072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-505071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115868329824679846","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}