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Poverty

llmart

(16,331 posts)

34. Absolutely!

Reply to Helen Borg (Reply #18)

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 07:21 PM

Sep 2014

There are way too many layers in administration, all of them making big bucks and doing very little. They bounce around the university from one admin job to another. They create positions for them just to keep them around. I'm in a position where I know what everyone makes and I know whereof I speak. There's usually a bloated legal department too.

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Professors on food stamps: The shocking true story of academia in 2014 [View all] unhappycamper Sep 2014 OP

This started in ernest over 40 yrs. ago in com. colls. Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #1

My university just fired all adjuncts yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #23

Colleges maintain the bare minimum The Wizard Sep 2014 #2

Semantics are important here..... llmart Sep 2014 #3

PhD's working part-time are increasingly common; I'm one of them. eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 #6

The 3 courses in one semester was truly unrealistic Brainstormy Sep 2014 #22

After 3 yrs of teaching 3-4 sections/sem, I quit and Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #24

The article makes it clear that people with PhDs are earning less than minimum fasttense Sep 2014 #8

There is power in numbers..... llmart Sep 2014 #33

If they want a living wage they should get some education Orrex Sep 2014 #4

Football sells beer, knowledge is not as profitable. The kids making money on the gridiron are paid Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #14

100% correct from start to finish Orrex Sep 2014 #20

My friend the adjunct wants to know where she can get $3000/course. malthaussen Sep 2014 #5

my mom was one of them marym625 Sep 2014 #7

Students and professors should go on strike in unison IMO Dopers_Greed Sep 2014 #9

Imagine...since I attended College, dotymed Sep 2014 #10

I was one of them about 35 years ago. mysuzuki2 Sep 2014 #11

What did you do outside academia? Helen Borg Sep 2014 #16

Thanks for your interest. mysuzuki2 Sep 2014 #29

That is cool. Glad it all worked out well. Helen Borg Sep 2014 #30

So where is all the money going? Facilities? Patiod Sep 2014 #12

That's what I want to know. The excuse for such high tuitions has been fixed costs, pnwmom Sep 2014 #17

A lot of it goes... Helen Borg Sep 2014 #18

Absolutely! llmart Sep 2014 #34

Administrative costs citizen blues Sep 2014 #21

Actually, it's a myth that college sports bring the big bucks. progressoid Sep 2014 #32

I've known quite a few adjuncts over the years, and... TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #13

K&R.... daleanime Sep 2014 #15

Something sulphurdunn Sep 2014 #19

Grad schl sem. tuition U. Of Texas, 1970: $200. Out of state. Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #25

Depends on the school & the prof. Meanwhile, the heads of schools like Harvard merrily Sep 2014 #26

This goes on at every school from Ivy League to A & Ms Al Carroll Sep 2014 #27

Us full-timers are falling way behind too Doctor_J Sep 2014 #28

Why don't they unionize? snot Sep 2014 #31

The decision by the GOP to no longer fund public universities is the driver of this problem greatlaurel Sep 2015 #35