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I'm now 24, if I got a job stacking shelves at a local supermarket I'd get paid 14 euros an hour without needing a diploma. He effectively makes 16 euros an hou
by IkmoIkmo 12y ago
I'm now 24, if I got a job stacking shelves at a local supermarket I'd get paid 14 euros an hour without needing a diploma. He effectively makes 16 euros an hour, only I build up my pension, get more time off, get benefits and protection, and he's in his 50s with over a decade of teaching experience for which he receives excellent ratings, has a PhD in Physics and work experience at a Nuclear facility.
This seems awfully silly, especially with the cost of education having outpaced CPI by a wide margin for the past what, 3-4 decades while classroom sizes ballooned to 200.
- pyre 12y ago> cost of education having outpaced CPI "CEO wages" have also out-paced the CPI. I'm sure the administration isn't paying themselves a pittance (and that in a budget crisis their salaries are the last on the chopping block)...
- acdha 12y agoAlso, don't forget how many more administrators there are than in the past after a few decades of growing at considerably higher rate than either students or faculty, and with a considerably higher median wage. That's a large group of people who have more time to focus on resisting any cuts since they don't have to spend time on the publish-or-perish cycle.
- bhayden 12y agoI think you're ignoring the really obvious difference in that one of those options is extremely rewarding for some people, to the point that some people volunteer to do it for free, and provides as a useful credential to get other high paying, rewarding jobs. The other option is mindless, dull, and only really serves as a gateway to other menial labor jobs. When viewed this way, the wage difference doesn't seem silly.