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Earlham College, IN
Type: private
Enrollment: 1,100
Name of SG: Earlham College Student Government
SG's annual budget: "unknown"
Compensation:
     "Thank-you’s. We are an inch away from receiving pay. If we get approved for compensation, it will be the members of student executive council (two co-presidents and two co-vice presidents) that will receive compensation. It will be for eight hours a week. We get a private office, 24-hour access to student center, access to private computer with nice printer, and a secretary."
Source: Survey completed by web on 12/20/00 by Kumar Sathy, co-president
     "Yes. I think they should at least get work study hours for their work. They provide a service to their constituents, but unfortunately, it is often those that really care and really will do the EXTRA work that wind up in student government positions. Especially for those of us at private schools and need jobs to stay in school, salaries free-up time for us to do our job: represent the students.
     "Cash holds too many stipulations, scholarships are too tedious, stipends are too sketchy, tuitions waivers are too tedious, checked to be picked up professionally in the administrative office work best."

East Tennessee State University, TN
Type: public university
Enrollment: 13,000
Name of SG: Student Government Association
SG's annual budget: "Our total budget, including allocation of student funds (what we call 606 funding for student organizations) is $112,000."
Compensation:
     "Our benefits are very limited:
President, vice president, and secretary all get $5.15 per hour up to 13 hours per week. Our cabinet receives $5.15 per hour, up to 6.5 hours per week. That’s all."
Source: Survey completed by web on 11/9/99 by Stacie Harris, SGA president
     "Yes, SGA officers deserve pay. Why? Because we work extremely long hours and are expected, by our administrations, to be present at university functions. Due to the long hours that we work, we are unable to hold another job outside of our office. My family is not rich and I am struggling this semester to make ends meet because my university won’t pay what we deserve. No, it is not wrong to pay SG officers, because they are doing a job to stand up for the students’ rights. Basically, we are lobbyists for the student body. We are unable to handle our large class loads, maintain decent GPAs, work our office hours, manage the budget, attend committee meetings, go to class (?), and then run the SGA and student body without getting some kind of monetary reimbursement."

Eastern Illinois University, IL
Type: public
Enrollment: 11,500
Name of SG: Student Government/Student Senate (Layette—Eastern Illinois University Student Government
SG's annual budget: $34,000 annually (Weyhaupt—approximately $25,000)
Compensation:
     Layette: "SG executives receive tuition waivers. We have six executives, including the speaker of the senate, who receive these waivers. Each receives the same tuition waiver amount, which is about $2,245.00 yearly. The waiver covers just our tuition and does not include the extra fees we must pay a year which equal around $1,000. Each exec gets their own office in the Student Activities Center and is given their own personal phone and phone line. That is the only real perks that we receive. At football games, however, the execs are invited to watch the game with the administration in the media booth. None of us usually take them up on that offer, though. We also have it budgeted to go to a Student Government conference, including the one in Texas. We never use that money to go to the conference."
     Weyhaupt: "All executive officers and the speaker of the senate receive a tuition waiver per semester (value approximately $1,200)."
Source: Survey completed by web on 10/7/99 and by e-mail on 10/12/99 by Matt Layette, speaker of the student senate; Adam Weyhaupt, student relations committee chair, completed survey by web on 3/7/00
Layette:
     "Yes. They should receive tuition waivers rather than cash benefits. This allows an officer to obtain a value education, rather than do it for the money. The students also look more favorable upon SG executives that receive tuition waivers than monetary benefits as they have in the past.
     "No, I do not believe it is wrong to ‘compensate" SG executives. They dedicate a great amount of time in the office and hold a considerable amount of accountability to the campus. Our SG executives are better recognized and contribute more in many areas than our student athletes. The athletes receive full-rides, so why shouldn’t the students that shape the structure and future of the campus receive such compensation?
Weyhaupt:
     "In my opinion, yes, they should. They and many others put in countless time and hours WORKING (yes, working) for the students. They should be compensated for this tremendous amount of work."

Eastern Kentucky University, KY
Type: public
Enrollment: 15,000
Name of SG: EKU Student Association
SGA annual budget: $20,000 "We have the lowest SGA budget in the state of Kentucky. Some of that is due to the fact that we are not responsible for programming. In total, our budget comes to $20,000 per year).
Compensation:
president — $2,200 stipend
vice president — $1,100
     "We are currently trying to raise both stipends and find funding to pay our other 9 SGA officers."
Source: Michael J. Lynch, EKU Student Association president, responded by web on 12/15/97
     "Yes! Representing the students is a full-time job. As president, I spend 40 to 50 hours per week serving my fellow students. If we continue to want high quality leaders, we must be willing to pay for that quality.
     "SGA is a job. We must pay or compensate our officers in some manner."

Eastern Michigan University, MI
Type: public university
Enrollment: 25,000
Name of SG: Student Government at Eastern Michigan University
SG's annual budget: $100,000
Compensation:
     "Our vice president, president, and treasurer are all paid $6.50 per hour for 30 hours a week. Our parliamentarian and secretary are given honorariums of $500 per year and our president pro-tempore is volunteer."
Source: Survey completed by web on 11/16/99 by Kylie Crawford, senator and president pro-tempore
     "Yes. They are given the job of representing a wide range of people and if the people who elected them feel that they don’t deserve compensation for their work, then they shouldn’t have been elected. For some positions like senators, I think it is absurd to pay them, but it may give incentive to work. The higher up officers should be compensated."

Eastern Washington University, WA
Type: public
Enrollment: 7,600
Name of SG: ASEWU
SG's annual budget: $??
Compensation:
     President-- $11,500
     Vice president- $8,000
     Finance Vice President-- $10,500
     9 Reps—tuition
Source: Survey completed by web on 3/19/00 by Bree Holsing, ASEWU president

Edison Community College, Charlotte Campus, FL
Type: community college
Enrollment: 1,500
Name of SG: Student Government Association
SGA annual budget: $9,000
Compensation:
$400 (2)
     "We receive a paycheck after the semester is over. We receive no extra perks aside from the satisfaction of contributing back to our school and fellow students."
Source: Lori L. Hale-Wilson, SGA president, responded by web on 12/9/97
     "Yes. Student Government officers spend as much time fulfilling the requirements of their position as they would working a full-time job. It would be impossible for an officer to perform their duties efficiently if they had school, their position, AND work.
     "As a Student Government president, I feel we should not 'have' to be paid. However, I spend more time fulfilling my duties as president than I do on anything else. I have also spent more of my own money than my position's salary pays on various school functions and activities. For me, it's not a matter of receiving a 'paycheck,' it's more of a partial reimbursement."

El Paso Community College, TX
Type: community college
Enrollment: not provided
Name of SG: Student Government Association
Web Address: not provided
Phone: 915-831-5835
E-mail: m68chev@hotmail.com
Advisor: Jolanda Ahner
Advisor’s phone: 915-831-2712
Advisor’s e-mail: not provided
SG's annual budget: $250
Compensation:
     “Nothing but heartaches, sweat, work, and we do what is best for student population whether they know it or not.”
Other perks: not provided
Source: Survey completed at ASACC Tampa convention by Sergio Barrientos, SGA vice president, on 11/8/02
     “They should receive credits towards their school time with benefits of paid trips to support and represent their school. We should not be paid. We would like to make changes not have changes work for us.”

Emerson College, MA
Type: private
Enrollment: 3,000
Name of SG: Student Government Association
SG's annual budget: "n/a"
Compensation:
     "No pay. No tuition."
Source: Survey completed by web on 3/28/00 by Shane Pliska, Senator ’03
     "Need to attract good leaders who may be otherwise dependent on a job. Only the top tier officers who contribute countless hours of work."

Emmanuel College, GA
Type: private
Enrollment: 854
Name of SG: Student Government Association
SG’s annual budget: $11,354
Compensation:
     "Nothing."
Source: Jonathan D. Wood, SGA president, responded at the 20th annual National Leadership Conference on Student Government, 10/30-11/1/98
     "No. But nor do I feel that the service nature of our leadership positions should become lessened because we do get paid. The most genuine work that is done (as far as sincerity and desire) is the work done by volunteers. By not offering pay for a position, you draw out those committed to the job. A good idea would be to offer pay and perks to the positions, but only make it known to them after they get into office. To be effective for future groups, they would have to remain silent on the reception of those perks."

Emory University, GA
Type: private
Enrollment: 10,100
Name of SG: Student Government Association (SGA)
SG's annual budget: $900,000 (administrative budget)
Compensation: none
     "They receive no monetary compensation. They do, however, receive a special parking permit ("Z" pass) which allows them to park anywhere on campus in service vehicle slots for 30 minutes."
Source: Melissa Trifiletti, assistant director of student activities, responded via fax on 8/5/97
     "Yes. Holding an officer's position requires a lot of time. Time that could be spent working at a paying job. I believe we set up a `class' system where only students with means can get highly involved on campus. We eliminate opportunities for students who HAVE to work from running for office—this is a loss!"
     "No, I am not advocating paying all officers of every group. Many groups are far less active or demanding. As an administrator who advises SG, I am very aware of the demands placed on these officers—40-plus hours are spent in meetings, attending events, etc. How could they work, study, and hold this position?"
     "It's a pretty thankless job, really. The biggest bonus is having Jimmy Carter come to campus every year. Preceding it is a special dinner. The various student leaders are invited. SGA is the only group that has the entire executive office invited."

Emporia State University, KS
Type: public university
Enrollment: 5,600
Name of SG: Associated Student Government
SG's annual budget: $99,998.20
SG’s web address: www.emporia.edu/asg
Compensation:
Covington
     President and vice president receive $5,800 each for a 12-month contract
     Executive Assistant—$2,722.50 (fall/spring combined)
     Treasurer—$1,452 (fall/spring combined)
It’s paid weekly in the form of a check.
Holshin
"Salary/stipend."
     president—$400 per month for a year's time
     vice president—$350 per month
Other perks:
     President has a private office, use of computer
     Vice president shares an office with executive assistant and has use of a computer
Source: Phil Covington, ASG advisor, responded by web on 7/23/01; Justin Holshin, ASG president, responded by mail on 12/11/97
Covington
     “Yes, Student Government officers should be paid! They provide an extremely important service to the campus community.”
Holshin
     "Yes. We as leaders give much of our personal time and devotion to further the causes of the students. Therefore, we have no time to work other jobs to help bring income to pay rent, car, etc.
     "Yes. Students that don't devote as much time as say the president or vice president should not receive pay because they may not serve as many students or do as much work as the president or vice president."

Endicott College, MA
Type: private college
Enrollment: 1,440
Name of SG: Student Government Association
SG's annual budget: $5,200
     “For specific student-based clubs, we receive funds in which we are to give to them. The total amount of money we get for one year is $5,0000 and that includes clubs and organizations, classes, executive board, publicity, conferences, and so on and so forth. We have a total of 1,440 students at my college.”
SG’s web address: not answered
SG’s e-mail address: pooh@rbp.com
SG’s advisor: Tim Chiasson
SG advisor’s e-mail: tchiasson@endicott.edu
Compensation:
     “We get absolutely nothing.”
Other perks:
     “No officer receives any compensation.”
Source: Melissa Woodall, SGA executive president, responded by web on 10/1/01
     “Student Government officers should receive some stipend of some kind of response to their hard work. As student body president at my college, I receive absolutely nothing for the hard work. If SGA officers received a salary, more people would be involved and it would be a more exclusive, highly coveted position.
     “A scholarship would be a nice thing to give to officers, although I suspect that a stipend might be more effective since the amount of time an officer has to spend handling SGA activities is equal to the amount of time they would be doing work. However, I also think that generalized or specific parking would be a very nice compensation for SGA officers.”

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