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Gannon University, PA
Type: private
Enrollment: 4,200
Name of SG: Student Government Association
SG's annual budget: $97,000 (37 percent of $42 per semester per undergraduate, other 67 percent goes to programming board)
Compensation:
president — gets scholarship for two semesters ($5,990 per semester $6,355 per semester for health or engineering majors) and one summer — $405 per credit in summer, president is required to stay in the summer (scholarship is only for tuition, not books, meals, or housing) about $12,000 annually, plus another $5,000
     "One full scholarship is divided among seven other SGA executive board leaders. The president, student activities coordinator, and assistant coordinator decide how much each gets."
Source: Brian Kloss, SGA president, responded by mail on 10/7/97
     "Yes, depending on the type of work they do and hours they put in. If they get paid money, they should punch in and out on a time clock, like a work study. I feel SGA members do more work than some work studies and should get paid. Other SGAs receive scholarships. I feel that leadership is just as valuable as academic and athletics — two things that receive scholarships without controversy.
     "Do you think its wrong to "pay" athletes? Many of whom receive more scholarships than SGA. Many of whom cannot maintain a GPA above 2.0. I answer your question with a rhetorical question."
     "We had a roll-over last year, as much as $15,000 to $20,000. The university administrators were looking where they could make cuts. They told the SGA exec board after they were elected. The SGA voted to take money out to fund the scholarships that weren't going to be funded by the administration. There were some of us who voted against it. I was one of them. There was a student who felt it was wrong, and took it as a personal crusade to point out what happened. He called newspapers, t.v. camera crews, he had these petitions, political efforts. It looked really bad for the university, so they went ahead and funded the scholarships."
     "We're compensated well. It comes out of the general scholarship fund, none of it comes from activities fee."

George Fox University, OR
Type: private
Enrollment: 1,400
Name of SG: Associated Student Community of George Fox University (ASC)
SG’s annual budget: $230,000
Compensation: The executive committee (9 members) receive $2,200 per year as a paycheck.
     Class representatives, supreme court justices, newspaper editors and writers, radio directors, etc: (50 to 60 members) get a paycheck ranging from $400 to $800 per year based on responsibility and time commitment.
     No one in SG receives any perks, period.
Source: Brian Cox, ASC president, responded at the 20^th annual National Leadership Conference on Student Government, 10/30-11/1/98
     "No. I think it's important to 'pay' SG officers for three reasons. First, 'payment' of SG officers provides compensation for all the hours (often 40 to 60) spent working for the betterment of students. Second, 'payment' often makes it unnecessary for the SG officer to find an outside job-- thus giving the officer more time to work on homework and SG activities. Finally, payment of SG officers provides accountability to students and faculty, as well as providing a sense of professionalism for the officer. For these reasons, I believe it to be important to reimburse student leaders."

George Mason University, Virginia
Type: public university
Enrollment: 24,000
Name of SG: Student Government
SG’s annual budget: $???
Compensation: "??"
Source: Nikkia Anderson, OASIS secretary, responded by web on 10/6/98
     "Yes, because each of the Student Government officers give so much time, dedication and effort within the school that they are in and after they are done with Student Government issue there is little or no time for outside employment. If we do not pay Student Government officers, we could be missing out on some excellent leadership within the school because of lack of funds."

George Washington University, D.C.
Type: private
Enrollment: 1,800
Name of SG: Student Association
SGA annual budget: $245,000 (we fund over 200 student groups)
Compensation:
     "All the president gets is a $11,000 stipend and the executive vice president gets $5,500. In addition, if you are getting financial aid, you can't get the scholarships in full and tuition/room & board is over $30,000!"
Source: Kuyomars "Q" Golparvar, SA president, responded by web on 12/19/97
     "Yes, they put in so many hours and they do work that stops them from doing other work/jobs.
     "No, I don't think it's wrong. I think the SA will attract a higher caliber of people if they paid their officers."

Georgetown College, KY
Type: private
Enrollment: 1,650
Name of SG: Association of Georgetown Students
SG's annual budget: "$64,000 per fiscal year."
Compensation:
—President—$35/week
—Vice President and Chairpersons—$25/week
—Secretary and Treasurer—$5.65/hour (no more than $100/month
     We receive paychecks every month from the institution and only get reserved tickets for activities student government sponsors. The amount that the president and other officers receive is considered to be a salary. He president and six other elected officers receive $35/week and $25/week respectively. The secretary and treasurer, however, are paid on an hourly basis. The salaries and hourly payments come directly out of the student government’s budget, which is composed entirely of student activity fees. So, yes, student fees to pay us for our work as officers. The SG officers (members of the Student Executive Council) DO NOT receive reserved parking, trips to conferences, tickets to events, a special office, or a computer. We all share the one student government office and computer.
Source: Survey completed by web on 11/13/00 and by e-mail on 11/16/00 by Joseph W. Coleman, president
     "Yes, student government officers put amazing amounts of hours into the activities and efforts of the organization. Usually, cash salaries do not totally offset the time used in student governments.
     "Volunteering is an excellent notion; however, to many headaches are incurred and too many hours are normally used with student government work. No other organization on campus puts forth as much effort as the student government does."

Georgia Institute of Technology, GA
Type: public
Enrollment: 10,000 undergrad, plus 3,500 grad
Name of SG: Georgia Tech Student Government
SG's annual budget: $7.3 million
Galindo: “$1.9 million (all student activities fees) budgeted yearly to Student Center and Student Athletic Complex and miscellaneous programs; nearly $200 to allocate freely”
Compensation:
Harris:
president — $900 for tuition per quarter for three quarters
vice president of finance — 1/2 tuition
vice president of undergrads — 1/2 tuition
graduate officers make the same
in-state tuition — $900
out of state — $3,000
     "Officers receive varying stipends for tuition. Also, the president gets his/her parking pass upgraded after it's purchased, two tickets to all university theater/arts events, serves on athletic board, and gets two tickets to all sports events. If president is out-of-state, he receives in-state tuition rates"
Galindo:
President—full in-state tuition, business parking permit (to park anywhere on campus)
Vice President (Executive)—half in-state tuition, business parking permit
Vice President (Finance)—half in-state tuition
Secretary, Treasurer, Chief of Staff, Committee Chairs—no compensation
Source: Koren Harris, internal affairs chairperson, Student Government, interviewed by phone 7/97 and e-mail 9/18/97; Marc D. Galindo, SGA undergraduate president, responded by mail on 4/3/98
Harris: "They deserve to be paid, because it's difficult to serve and hold a part-time job."
     "They're considered student assistant employees."
Galindo: “Yes, but only up to the amount it takes to fund their tuitions. The cost of receiving a higher education is rising. Because of this, more and more students must work part-time to help pay for their education. Being a Student Government officer takes away from this time to work, and thus necessitates compensation for work and time.
     “Officers should volunteer their time unless they are under financial hardship and need money to help them pay their way through school.”

Gonzaga University, WA
Type: private Catholic four-year
Enrollment: 5,000
Name of SG: Gonzaga Student Body Association
SG's annual budget: $175,000
Compensation:
"Executives x 4= $3,200 per year and up to a $400 bonus
Staffers x 6= $2,000 per year and up to a $400 bonus
Audio technicians = $2,00 per year
Programming coordinator = $2,400 per year and up to a $400 bonus
Programming board-- $1,600 per year
Senators, Judicial Board, and Committee members do not get paid.
     The amounts are considered stipends paid over the year every two weeks in the form of a payroll check which is generated internally with GSBA’s separate financial accounting system. The payments are set up in such a way as to not be taxed. The payments comes from the $175,000 which is generated as part of a mandatory student activity fee paid as part of tuition each semester. Bonuses are determined by an interview with the president of GSBA and advisor to ensure that you have completed or are in the process of completing the elements of your section in the by-laws and whether you have completed a manual for your position to be given to your successor. It is divided into two $200 per semester payments and assessed for quality at the end of each."
Source: Survey completed by web on 11/13/00 by David Heitstuman, GSBA special programs coordinator
     "Yes, or if not a cash salary, then a scholarship would be possibly more appropriate. This helps equalize the possibility of serving students while at the same time being able to dedicate all their time rather than having an off-site job as well to pay for school.
     "No, if they do not receive some compensation for their time many great leaders may not be able to serve because they would otherwise be required to get outside jobs they do not have time for while involved in Student Government."

Grand Valley State University, MI
Type: public
Enrollment: 12,867
Name of SG: Student Senate
SG's annual budget: $300,000
Compensation: (There are seven cabinet members)
president — $500 per semester
vice presidents — $250 per semester
     "These paychecks are the only perks the officers receive. Senators don't receive anything."
Source: Victor Cardenas, Student Senate, vice president for political actions, responded at NACA conference on 6/24/97
     "Yes. Many officers put in up to 40 hours a week, almost a full-time job. So officers should receive some sort of a salary."
     "Only to officers, and not a large amount. Student Government is as much as a volunteer organization as any other."

Grays Harbor College, WA
Type: community college
Enrollment: 2,500 including satellite campuses
Name of SG: Student Government
SG's annual budget: $30,000 (entire A&S budget is $190,000)
Compensation:
President — all four elected officers receive a check equivalent to full tuition, which runs $486 per semester
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
10 senators receive stipend checks equivalent to half of the current base tuition, which amounts to $243
     "SG members also receive parking passes for our reserved parking lot, which is a big perk since most students end up parking in a lower parking lot, which entails a long walk up a stairway entitle `cardiac lane.'"
Source: Eric Holm, student body president, responded via the web on
     "I believe paying SG officers is appropriate if their duties occupy a significant portion of their day. I encourage fellow students to seek office because they have a desire to make positive changes or develop program for students. Getting paid is just icing on the cake!"
     "I think paying officers is OK. Many, like myself, put in long hours to achieve our goals. This would probably not be possible if we had to work extra, work study hours, or other part-time employment."

Green River Community College, WA
Type: community college
Enrollment: 10,800
Name of SG: Associated Students
SG’s annual budget: "executive branch $3,550, judicial branch $500, legislative branch $14,000"
Compensation:
     "SG officers get paid at $6.50 per hour and the maximum 20 hours per week. The pay is taxed. They don’t get other extra perks."
Source: Yang Yang, ASGRCC president, responded by mail on 7/17/00
     "It is not wrong to pay SG officers because after they get paid, they will have more responsibilities, so they can make the job better. And also I think that’s fair for the work they do."

Grossmont College, CA
Type: community college
Enrollment: 15,500
Name of SG: Associated Students of Grossmont College, Inc. (ASGC)
SG's annual budget: approximately $158,000 per semester
Compensation:
     Ferrell—$500 per month or $6,000 annual stipend—we label it as a ‘director’s fee’.
     Vice president—gets $300 a month
     Comptroller—gets $150
     All other directors (campus activities, executive secretary of student legislation, director of publicity, fundraising—they get $25 stipend per month.
     All 24 executive officers and board of directors (instead of senators).
     Average students gets from $250 to $400. For two semesters, not summer.
     Walker—president — $500/month for 12 months of service (20 hours weekly)
     vice president/inter-club council president—$300/month for nine months of service with summer intersession off (15 hours weekly)
     comptroller — $150/month for 12 months of service (10 hours weekly)
     “All 21 executive officers and board of directors receive 100 percent book buyback for each completed semester (two-year term limit). Each board of directors member and executive officer must fulfill the following:
     “A complete semester of service to the organization including, four hours a week in the office serving students, service on two campus and/or district-wide committees, attendance in at least two governing board meetings per semester. They must also pass their classes with a 'C' grade or better and return their books to the ASGC accountant at the end of the semester to receive 100 percent refund for their textbooks. If a board of directors or executive officer chooses to keepy their books, they receive a 50 percent refund. This has been a great benefit in exchange for student service and we all know how expensive textbooks are becoming. We do have two-year term limits which solves the obvious 'milking the system' problem and we are rather strict on our service hours, attendance, and grade verification. But it works for us!"
Other Perks
     Ferrell—“I have a private office, not a personal secretary, but have one just for our organization. I get a computer, but no cell phone or beeper.”
Sources: Richard Ferrell, ASGC president, responded by phone on 10/10/01; Michelle Vicari, ASGC president, responded by web on 1/2/98, and by e-mail on 1/31/98; Linda Walker, account technician senior, responded by web on 6/23/98.
     Ferrell—“I’m pretty surprised, I wouldn’t think we’re the top 10. We compensate because I’m required to spend a minimum of 25 hours a week in this office, but I end up spending 40. Without compensation, our executives wouldn’t work without us sacrificing something like a part-time job. I work, but I work on the weekends. Without that stipend, I wouldn’t be able to find the time to put in an extra 20 hours along with my academics. It’s essential, especially with our organization knowing how much time we have to put in to be effective.
     “Our problem in the past has been having adequate numbers of student to represent our government. It’s hard enough to et people having these benefits, but if it were strictly volunteer we’d be down to six or seven people. But then they would have to work twice as hard. We have 23 members now, we’re at a record high. With book-buy-back, it gets these people to stick to shat they’re doing, motivates them.
     “We have a mixture of people—people who are carrying job, have such a wide age variation, it is kind of essential. People are our college we have problems of participation, and they need some kind of motivation beyond something on their resume.
      “At the community college level there’s so little participation. We have to have that carrot on a stick, because of the turnaround. We don’t always keep everybody for the full two terms.
     “Last semester, only two people ran. I was originally vice president in the spring of 2000, but the president reigned and I assumed the position, then ran for president in April 2001—will be president until April 2002. I was really familiar with how the operation worked. I founded a couple of clubs, they had asked me to get involved in SG.
     “Free food is always tempting, tuition community college tuition is only $11 per unit, it’s almost insignificant, that wouldn’t tempt a lot of people. Food sounds like a good idea, but that would be more expensive in some cases. The system we have is fair, it was recommended by the founding folks of this institution, it hasn’t changed—initiated in the 1960s.  Looks like we didn’t have it as a benefit until 1982. The stipend has remained consistent since then. No language is specified—we can change it, but we don’t want to be the one who changes it. It would look like you’re after more money.”
     Vicari—"Yes. Paying our three top executive officers allows those officers to continue to serve without looking for off-campus employment. In addition, we are a non-profit corporation and as executive officers of a corporation, we have additional duties above and beyond the typical student government. "
    Walker—"Yes, they can devote more time to the student government and not have to hold another job."

Grove City College, PA
Type: private college
Enrollment: 2,300
Name of SG: Student Government Association
SG's annual budget: $39,000
SG’s web address: www.gcc.edu/student/organization/sga
SG’s phone: (724) 458-3252
SG’s e-mail: bradleyde1@gcc.edu
SG’s advisor: Nancy Paxton
SG advisor’s phone: (724) 458-2171
SG advisor’s e-mail: nlpaxton@gcc.edu
Compensation:
     “Nothing.”
Other Perks: “None of the above.”
Source: Derek Bradley, executive president, responded by web on 1/14/02
     “I don’t object to those who receive salaries. However, I’m not paid as student government executive president and don’t receive any perks. While the hours I spend are enormous, one of my objectives is to reorient the leaders into realizing their position is one of service to the campus and the student body.
     “I think if you decide to compensate, any of the above are appropriate.”

Guilford Technical Community College, NC
Type: community college
Enrollment: 7,647
Name of SG: Student Government Association
SG's annual budget: $20,000 (includes club money)
Compensation:
All five officers (president, vice president for clubs, vice president for special events, secretary, treasurer) are eligible for up to $900 per semester
     "Entitled up to $900 a year as a stipend, only if they perform their office hours and do a successful job. They're evaluated once a semester."
Source: Susan Murphy, student life director, responded by phone on 10/27/97

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