Comments on: HIGHER ED SALARIES http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/higher_ed_salaries/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:28:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: lefty skeptic http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/higher_ed_salaries/comment-page-1/#comment-7936 lefty skeptic Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3844#comment-7936 How can Ms. Jackson be worth 891 big ones to her college when she sits on the boards of 8 freakin' corporations??? She probably works 4 hours a week for RPI. This seems just like what has happened with the salaries of CEOs and athletes. Is the common mechanism here that salaries are common knowledge, so that even mediocre candidates can hold their employers hostage? How can Ms. Jackson be worth 891 big ones to her college when she sits on the boards of 8 freakin' corporations??? She probably works 4 hours a week for RPI.

This seems just like what has happened with the salaries of CEOs and athletes. Is the common mechanism here that salaries are common knowledge, so that even mediocre candidates can hold their employers hostage?

]]> By: Director Mitch http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/higher_ed_salaries/comment-page-1/#comment-7937 Director Mitch Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3844#comment-7937 This is why I don't donate to my own alma mater, whose salary is up there in the big 6 digits. Why should I give them a part of my measly salary when cutting this guy's pay would bring in more loot than I could possibly give them? This is why I don't donate to my own alma mater, whose salary is up there in the big 6 digits. Why should I give them a part of my measly salary when cutting this guy's pay would bring in more loot than I could possibly give them?

]]> By: Person of Choler http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/higher_ed_salaries/comment-page-1/#comment-7938 Person of Choler Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3844#comment-7938 Football coaches cause less damage to young intellects than the PC-enforcing twits who preside over most colleges. I'm glad that the coaches are paid more. --- Football coaches cause less damage to young intellects than the PC-enforcing twits who preside over most colleges. I'm glad that the coaches are paid more.

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