California IN BRIEF : OAKLAND : Cal State Board to Review Pay Hikes

A month earlier than previously announced, the California State University Board of Trustees next week will review the large and controversial pay raises for 27 top university officials--including the 43% salary hike, to $195,000 a year, given to Chancellor W. Ann Reynolds. Trustees are to meet in special session at the Oakland Airport Hilton on April 20, the day after a committee meeting on the issue at the same location. Those raises, which took effect Jan. 1, have been denounced by faculty, students and the state legislators for their size and the secrecy surrounding them. Cal State officials contend that the raise for Reynolds and the hikes between 21% and 28% for the other administrators bring salaries in line with those at comparable institutions around the country.