Academic hypocrisy

[Geee]

Human Events:

It is fascinating to see people accusing others of things that they themselves are doing, especially when their own sins are worse.

 

Academics love to say that businesses are not paying enough to people who work for them. But where in business are there people who are paid absolutely nothing for strenuous work that involves risks to their health?

 

In academia, that situation is common. It is called college football. How often have you watched a big-time college football game without seeing someone limping off the field or being carried off the field?

 

College athletes are not to be paid because this is an "amateur" sport. But football coaches are not only paid, they are often paid higher salaries than the presidents of their own universities. Some make over a million dollars a year.

 

Academics also like to accuse businesses of consumer fraud. There is indeed fraud in business, as in every other aspect of human life -- including academia.

 

When my academic career began, half a century ago, I read up on the academic market and discovered that there was a chronic over-supply of people trained to be historians. There were not nearly enough academic posts available for people who had spent years acquiring Ph.D.s in history, and the few openings that there were for new Ph.D.s paid the kind of salaries you could get for doing work requiring a lot less education.

 

My own pay as a beginning instructor in economics was not high but it was certainly higher than that for beginning historians.

 

Now, 50 years later, there is a long feature article in the February 17th issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education on the chronic over-supply of historians. Worse yet, leading university history departments are resisting demands that they keep track of what happens to their students after they get their Ph.D.s -- and inform prospective Ph.D.s of what the market is like.

[clearvision]

So one would think a fledgling historian could look into the history of their field, the history of the job market and the history of the pay and figure this out on their own. They need the history department to give them warnings?

[Pepper]

Speaking of higher education

 

'Justice is served': Jury returns more than $1M sexual harassment verdict against Alabama State University

 

By Scott Johnson

 

A federal jury returned a verdict totaling more than $1 million Friday evening against Alabama State University.

 

The jury found that the school had allowed an administrator to create a hostile work environment by racially and sexually harassing three female employees and that the women were retaliated against after they filed complaints.

 

 

The jury found that Lavonette Bartley, an ASU employee for about 27 years, created a racially hostile environment for all three women.

[Geee]

Speaking of higher education

 

'Justice is served': Jury returns more than $1M sexual harassment verdict against Alabama State University

 

By Scott Johnson

 

A federal jury returned a verdict totaling more than $1 million Friday evening against Alabama State University.

 

The jury found that the school had allowed an administrator to create a hostile work environment by racially and sexually harassing three female employees and that the women were retaliated against after they filed complaints.

 

 

The jury found that Lavonette Bartley, an ASU employee for about 27 years, created a racially hostile environment for all three women.

 

I swear @Pepper. You are ALWAYS making the news

[Pepper]

@Geee

 

Nice twist on things, ain't it?

 

But ASU is going to appeal, maybe Holder will take it up personally.

[Geee]

@Geee

 

Nice twist on things, ain't it?

 

But ASU is going to appeal, maybe Holder will take it up personally.

 

Well I told you not to go around singing "Your Feets Too Big" to the ladies!! Now look at all those attorneys fees!