A survey of the educational system of the Philippine islands by the Board of educational survey, created under acts 3162 and 3196 of the Philippine Legislature.

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the duty of supporting productive research in those fields in which the
University can make valuable contributions.
One other aspect of the training and experience of the teaching staff
must be mentioned. Of the 427 names on the instructional payroll, 121
or 28 per cent are made up of assistants and lecturers, an unusually
large percentage. That most of them are found in the professional
schools is true, but 30 of the 121 names on the payroll of the College of
Liberal Arts are assistants and lecturers. In some cases lecturers must
be secured from the outside, but in others no such policy can be justified.
Moreover, employing young assistants is a cheap but not an efficient
teaching device. Rather than resort to this practice, numbers should
be cut down. But if the University is to do its work efficiently, unquestionably the Legislature must provide the funds necessary to secure a
sufficient number of able teachers.
REMUNERATION AND SERVICE.-College professors cannot hope for
the financial rewards of other professions, but they have a right to
expect remuneration sufficient to insure a comfortable living and opportunity for study and research. In the United States in practically all
institutions there have been considerable increases in salaries since the
War.
The following table is taken from Bulletin, 1920, No. 20, of the
Bureau of Education, dealing with "Salaries in Universities and
Colleges in 1920." It deals only with faculty members in public
institutions:
TABLE 120.-SALARIES IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

Number Mini- Maxi- Average Median Most
Title of position of mum mum salary salary frequent
persons salary salary salary
President or chancellor................. 77 $2,500 $12,500 $6,647 $6,000 $6,000
Dean or director....................... 367 1,200 10,000 3,819 3,500 3,000
Professor.............................. 2,460 300 10,000 3,126 3,000 3,000
Associate professor..................... 822 300 4,000 2,514 2,500 3,000
Assistant professor..................... 1,705 500 4,000 2,053 2,000 1,800
Instructor.............................. 2,138 300 3,100 1,552 1,500 1,500
Assistant............................. 855 75 2,500 801 750 1,200
This list contains many institutions situated in rural communities where
the cost of living is considerably lower than in large cities.
In 1916 the Philippine Legislature passed an act limiting the salaries
for the various grades of the teaching personnel of the Universitiy of
the Philippines as follows: