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Talking about salaries

Talking about salaries

At universities in Australia, we get used to knowing one another’s salaries (in rough terms). Every university uses the same basic salary structure, and has relatively comparable pay rates within that structure. So, if someone is a Professor or a Lecturer, you know roughly how much they earn. This familiarity means that we often forget […] … learn more→

Vice Chancellor pay to Infinity

Vice Chancellor pay to Infinity

It’s so saddening to watch higher education in the UK go the same route as it is here in the US. One of first big changes was restructuring of higher education into a royal (and royally paid) caste of “leaders” getting everything, while reducing scholars to peasants, barely scraping by. This process is finished in […] … learn more→

Are academics paid too much?

Are academics paid too much?

The BBC salaries report has prompted me to do something that I’ve had in mind for quite some time. So here it is: my salary is £48,327. I am 42, and have had a full-time academic job since 2008, when I was 32. Before that, I took a long time to do a master’s and […] … learn more→

Teaching in Higher Ed for $7.50 an hour

Teaching in Higher Ed for $7.50 an hour

I’ve written before of the low pay and miserable working conditions of the most common sort of professor in higher education: the adjunct. They don’t even get the tile of “professor” although they do the same work, and have earned the title. The next most common professor also does much the same work, but has […] … learn more→