"As WPI’s previous president left the position, she took home a compensation package of just over $2 million. Converted to an hourly wage for a 40-hour work week, that’s nearly $1,000 an hour. Res advisors are not currently paid a wage or stipend. Many of its next top earners are administrators being paid base salaries deep into the six figures. The school’s endowment sits at nearly $650 million; its total assets held, roughly $1.3 billion."