As it did roughly this time last year, The Chronicle of Higher Education released its salary database for the presidents of private colleges and universities over the weekend. While the results for Texas' campus chiefs aren't as high as in the Chronicle's 2010 roundup, many still post big numbers.

In 2008, five private university presidents in Texas earned more than $1 million. In 2009, according to the latest data, only Rice University President David Leebron makes it to seven digits, with a haul of $1,517,854. That puts him at 13th nationally. The biggest earner in the ...

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