Complaint / Review
Elliot Hirshman San Diego State President
Gets $100,000 Raise regardless of budget cuts talk about getting ripped off, president gets a huge raise and the students are stuck paying this greedy

Elliot Hirshman, whose first day on the job was July 5, will be paid $350,000 in state funds and $50,000 from the universitys nonprofit fundraising arm.

A plan to pay Elliot Hirshman, the new president of San Diego State University, $400,000 — $100,000 more than his predecessor — has legislators and faculty leaders furious, The Los Angeles Times reported. California State University officials say that system presidents are underpaid. But critics say that the proposed salary sends a terrible message and wastes money at a time that the state's public universities are facing deep budget cuts and students are being hit with a new round of tuition increases.

California State University new pay raise for the new president of its San Diego campus $100,000 more annually than his predecessor, a move that is raising hackles as the university grapples with another round of student tuition hikes amid deep state funding cuts.