The University of Colorado on Thursday launched an online data center containing information about the school's finances and academic practices -- a move that comes amid controversy over tuition-funded raises for top administrators and a proposed state law that would require colleges to maintain databases including employee salaries.
But the salary data is lagging. For example, it shows that the chancellor of the Boulder campus earns $340,000. Yet Chancellor Phil DiStefano was given a $49,000 raise in October and now earns $389,000.
House Bill 1252, called "Transparency of Higher Ed Financial Information," would require CU to update its database every five days.
