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.

656 EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES
President of the University....................................................... P10,000.00
Deans who are at the same time professors not to exceed........ 6,600.00
Full professors not to exceed........................................................ 6,000.00
Associate Professors not to exceed........................................... 4.500.00
Assistant Professors not to exceed........................................ 3.600.00
Instructors not to exceed(a) Instructors in laboratories............................................. 2,200.00
(b) Instructors in general......................................... 2,000.00
Assistant Instructors not to exceed(a) Instructors in laboratories..................................... 1,200.00
(b) Instructors in general........................................... 960.00
Graduate Assistants not to exceed................................ 360.00
Taking only the average salary from the American table and converting dollars into pesos, compare the salaries in the two tables:
United
Position States Philippine
Position taverage highest Difference
average salary
_____salary
President................................................. P13,257 P10,000 P3,257
Deans........................................ 7,638 6,600 1,038
Professors.............................. 6,252 6,000 252
Associate professors........50................. 5028 4,500 528
Assistant professors.................................... 4,106 3,600 506
Instructors................................................. 3,104 2,200 904
Assistants........................................... 1,602 1,200 402
In every grade the highest salary paid in the University of the Philippines is below the average salary paid in the United States. And the
salary scale in the United States has risen since 1920. The first recommendation the Commission makes with reference to salaries is that
the highest salaries for each grade at the University be at least increased
to comform as nearly as possible to the average salary for the same
grade paid in the United States. In no other way can the University
secure the best material for its faculties.
Anyone associated with a great institution of learning knows the
annual pressure upon the administration for increases in salary. The
easy way to overcome the pressure is to adopt, as has been done by
many universities, including the University of the Philippines, a schedule
which fixes the salaries of teachers according to the grades they fill.
This permits of some variation of salary within the grade; but it also
means that in order to give a man more than the maximum salary of
the grade he must be advanced in rank or in order to advance him
in rank, he must be given more salary than the maximum of his grade.
In the University of the Philippines, any member of the educational
staff paid one peso more than P2,200 immediately becomes an assistant
professor. But teaching rank and salary are not necessary accompani