Reply #31: OK. At the risk of perpetuating your disdain. Epic Fail based on faulty evidence

[Malikshah]

As someone who is teaching upper division courses with a total enrollment of ~140 students and who is paid less than some of the executive assistants at my university...your argument holds no water whatsoever. I would go so far as to say your way of thinking (based on faulty evidence and specious logic) actually makes a strong case for a Liberal Arts Education. Spare us the anecdotes about prima donna profs who make 250K plus/annum. Do a modicum of research and you will find that 99% (funny, huh) of Liberal Arts professors (from various ranks from adjunct to full) make far far far less than that. Members of the academy are expected to do three things-- teach, research, and service. The percentage expected for each varies based upon the college/university with which one is associated. At state-run schools, the research output is especially onerous as one is dealing with little or no money and/or time, and yet one's salary/career is based upon research output in many cases.

Add to that the exponential rise of the administrative load on professors just as the administration of the universities rise (salary included for the myriad VPs, provosts, etc) Assessment, Retention, Outcome are the watchwords of the day....nothing about what the University is all about.

Suffice it to say, you appear to have not read the article closely and/or know little if anything about the University system as it truly functions.

Stop being the enemy.