[John123]

ompensation packages for public university presidents averaged $427,000 per year.

This must not go on... BHO must create a College Pay Czar pronto!!

[combat_boots]

I remember speaking somewhere to an OSU instructor, who made $36,000/academic year; he was going to have to quit because of it, as the pay didn’t include prep/grading time. IIRC, the highest paid profs at the time were said to earn $80K, specifically in geology. Several CIO and some other director earned over $100K easily. If you look at OSU job availability, earning $80-100 is possible for ‘certain’ people. And coaches.....don’t even go there for the big schools; then again, some programs pay their own ways.

The days are gone for the idea of universities as teaching places. Have been for a very long time.

[the invisib1e hand]

And why not? They've been turning out "product" in big numbers for decades.

Good thing they don't get penalized for poor quality.

[jeffc]

Yup! I saw alot of that "admin hogging all the money" at college - a community college, nonetheless!

The Administration offices compared to the condition of the classrooms, lunchroom and other areas for the students was like comparing the U.S. to third world countries.
The Admin building was like the Taj Mahal surrounded by crumbling classroom building with paint peeling off the walls and overflowing trashcans.