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Salary of new UMass boss is the same as the old boss, official says
Robert Caret, the incoming president of the University of Massachusetts, will make about $550,000 a year in salary and benefits, including a housing allowance and deferred compensation -- a similar package given to UMass president Jack Wilson, James Karam, chairman of the UMass board of trustees said today.
Caret, president of Towson University in Maryland, will start at UMass on May 1 and is in the process of purchasing a condo along downtown Boston's waterfront, said Karam, who spoke after trustees approved Caret's contract.
His base salary is $425,000 a year, putting him in the 65th percentile among the nation's presidents leading public and private universities of similar size, Karam said.
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