Posted on 10/09/2011 5:48:14 PM PDT by redreno
This is the kind of blood-boiling story that should infuriate liberals and conservatives alike:
Man leaves job at UNLV to accept prestigious state panel appointment. Man resigns after only six months, tells governor it is personal. Three days after resignation is final, he starts newly created job at UNLV, with 50 percent salary increase over his appointive post and 28 percent over previous university employment.
There are those who will cynically say that Luis Valera, the occupant of these three high-level government jobs this year, is lucky to have friends in high places. There are those who will snidely say Valera is lucky to have a Hispanic surname. And there are those who will ruefully say this is why so few take higher education’s poor-mouthing seriously.
There also are those who will say: You must be joking.
(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegassun.com ...
Organized education is the biggest scam going. They screw the taxpayers and the students with legalized organized extortion.
Oh, I don't know about that. Government stimulus pork and community organizing for GOTV fraud are really big scams too. One thing is certain--if we don't get all of this turned around quickly, our beloved nation is doomed.
Full professors at research universities and elite private colleges get paid very well, but a lot of faculty at no-name places just make average pay (compared with other jobs held by college-educated people) and junior faculty may in some cases be paid too little to support a family adequately (unless there is a spouse with an income as well).
It is one of the power centers of the Progressives. They have owned the Universities for 40 years.
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