The Gazette: A new report listing America’s highest paid university and college executives has University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld ranking in the top quarter among public university and system leaders. Harreld, hired in 2015 amid protests over his lack of academic administrative experience, reported total compensation at $609,996 in the 2016-2017 term, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s most recent annual executive compensation report made public today. That puts him at No. 63 of 251 public university and system executives — and dropping him one spot from his No. 62 rank last year.