The presidents of 11 of Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities are getting raises ranging from less than 1 percent to almost 3 percent, plus one-time cash payments of $1,250.

A committee of the State System of Higher Education's board of governors and Chancellor Judy Hample set the raises for 2007-08, system spokesman Kenn Marshall said yesterday. They are retroactive to July 1.

Raises awarded to Western Pennsylvania presidents included:

• Angelo Armenti, California University of Pennsylvania, 2.9 percent, to $209,429.

• Joseph Grunenwald, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 2.6 percent, to $185,966.

• Tony Atwater, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2.85 percent, to $240,333.

• Robert Smith, Slippery Rock University, 2.9 percent, to $200,292.

Edinboro University President Jeremy Brown, who is paid $190,000, started in July and was not eligible for a merit raise or cash payment, Mr. Marshall said. David Soltz, who takes office this month at Bloomsburg University, also was ineligible for a raise, as was Cheyney University President Michelle Howard-Vital, who took office in August and is paid $190,000.

The system awarded raises for merit based on a review of university standing in a variety of areas.

"We looked at how the universities are doing on graduation rates, retention, fiscal management. All of those things reflected on the president," Mr. Marshall said.

The cash payments of $1,250 mirrored in size those received, under contractual agreement, by nonfaculty unionized employees across the system. Union faculty generally received $1,750 cash payments.

Among the presidents who received raises, the largest percentage increase, 2.95 percent, went to West Chester University President Madeleine Adler, whose salary is $229,000. The smallest percentage increase, 0.75 percent, went to William Ruud, Shippensburg University president, whose salary is $192,675. Dr. Atwater's salary is highest among the 14 schools. Mansfield University President Maravene Loeschke's $172,190 salary is smallest.

Dr. Hample, who is paid $327,718, did not receive a raise because she has indicated her intent to step down by July, Mr. Marshall said.