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Football coaches at American universities are frequently paid much more than heads of state. Paying professors more doesn't seem like a travesty, at least compa

• kuschku 9y ago
  That's justifiable if the university is funded through tuition fees, but it's an entirely different situation with a university that is 100% funded by taxes.
  • chrisbennet 9y ago
    Public universities seem to have no problem paying competitive pay for university presidents.[1] Is that justified and if so, why not pay competitive pay to faculty as well? [1] "The average public college president earned just over $428,000 in 2014" http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/07/pf/college/highest-paid-public-university-presidents/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/07/pf/college/highest-paid-publ...
    • kuschku 9y ago
      http://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/was-uni-chefs-verdienen-aerger-um-schnell-steigende-gehaelter-der-uni-rektoren/9531172.html http://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/was-uni-chefs-verdienen-ae... The highest paid university president in Germany earns about 150'000 EUR per year, including all boni. Data from 2014. Now remember that Professors will certainly earn less, and try to compete with Google, which will pay even an entry level developer more.