The California State University system’s Committee on University and Faculty Personnel voted Tuesday to recommend an annual salary of $350,000 for incoming Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong. If the full board of trustees approves the salary today, he will be the highest-paid president in the 23-campus system. Armstrong, 51, will assume the post on Feb. 1… CSU spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp said that despite budget cuts across the board, Armstrong’s proposed salary increase compared to Baker’s pay is not extraordinary and has been deemed necessary for the university’s operations — adding that CSU presidents have not received pay raises since 2007. "Our presidents have been underpaid historically," he said, citing studies that say comparable schools pay their presidents salaries averaging nearly $400,000.

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by Julia Hickey, The Tribune.

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