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In reply to the discussion: Are University Professors overpaid? [View all]metroins
(2,550 posts)126. Your husband sounds like a good professor
Unfortunately, a lot of them are not and in the chart below the thread I listed average incomes.
Your husband should set the standard.
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It's the chancellors and administrators that are being paid like CEOs, not professors.
IamMab
May 2016
#1
If you do the math you will find that most sports programs are a drain on the school...
Human101948
May 2016
#57
The report found expenses exceeded revenue at all but 20 schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision
Human101948
May 2016
#124
There are plenty of people here who think McDonalds restaurant workers are paid too much.
LiberalArkie
May 2016
#2
You are very definitely correct, at least as it was in the 1960's. After that, I have no idea.
Jim Beard
May 2016
#122
if she went to a good university, they were paid to do research not teach
La Lioness Priyanka
May 2016
#96
some professors are paid to teach, some are paid to do research, some are paid for both
La Lioness Priyanka
May 2016
#137
Keep in mind that classroom teaching is not the only obligation of university profs.
Buzz Clik
May 2016
#103
any link to average pay...how can you ask a question with no data showing salaries?
Demonaut
May 2016
#6
Regulation may be 'not more burdensome than necessary to ensure the quality of the service'
Baobab
May 2016
#29
An obscure area called "competition policy" - as well as trade policy is what is driving US policy
Baobab
May 2016
#100
This stuff drives me crazy. Do critics of professorial pay have any idea what it takes to become a
Coventina
May 2016
#7
That one really galls me as well. Anybody can "have summers off" WHEN THEY AREN'T PAID!
Coventina
May 2016
#36
No, they see millions of skilled teachers in other countries who they think would work for less
Baobab
May 2016
#104
Excellent point. Most profs (with exceptions, of course) would make a lot more in the private sector
Buzz Clik
May 2016
#106
The imminent globalization of these industries will probably mean wages will soonreflectglobal norms
Baobab
May 2016
#9
Depends on whether they have tenure and how much they actually work if they do
GummyBearz
May 2016
#11
in a true/false situation, I was taught that statements like this are prima facie false.
Hiraeth
May 2016
#56
A huge ass revolution to increase peoples pay, ... then yell out to slash wages. Brilliant argument.
seabeyond
May 2016
#68
according to right wingers everyone but businessmen/women are overpaid
La Lioness Priyanka
May 2016
#95
i think it serves the ruling class of the party to demonize the educated
La Lioness Priyanka
May 2016
#109
Changed post to other after reading what the poster you misquoted actually said.
stevenleser
May 2016
#138