tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post3491609909199783832..comments2023-10-30T05:28:11.795-04:00Comments on All Education Matters: Reader Responses: College Professor Denouncing Student Loan DebtCryn Johannsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-3677640007170239802011-10-19T10:19:49.123-04:002011-10-19T10:19:49.123-04:00@Anonymous 9:18 - well said. It is clear that prof...@Anonymous 9:18 - well said. It is clear that professors are easy targets. Look at pop culture and how they are depicted. It's a terrible picture, and it's utterly false.Cryn Johannsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-36329954334055316612011-10-19T10:18:23.644-04:002011-10-19T10:18:23.644-04:00Assistant professors in the humanities and social ...Assistant professors in the humanities and social sciences start out, on average, around $50K. If they wish to secure tenure, between teaching, research, and administrative duties they'll typically log 80 hours per week. Adjuncts do similar work for less pay and reduced or no benefits. Those of you under the impression that professors waltz in, teach their class, and go home to watch television have a few reality-based issues to sort out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-6917648212842265322011-10-19T10:04:19.095-04:002011-10-19T10:04:19.095-04:00@Anonymous 9:57 AM - this is incorrect. I was well...@Anonymous 9:57 AM - this is incorrect. I was well on my way to becoming a professor, and I have friends who are professors. If you get a decent job - which is a big IF - you work like a dog. Most of the professors I knew worked 90+ hours a week. And the adjuncts I know DO NOT have assistants doing their grunt work. <br /><br />As I made clear, law professors and their pay is a different matter. <br /><br />I VALUE higher education, so I believe, in the scheme things, professors (overall) are underpaid. When you compare their salaries to, for example, people ruining lives on Wall Street (banksters and head fund managers), their earnings are a pittance. <br /><br />Higher education should be HEAVILY subsidized - that's the way it's done in other countries. That's how professors should be paid. Instead of fighting endless wars on God-knows-how-many-continents, we should be investing students so that they don't have the burden of all this debt. <br /><br />Furthermore, higher ed ought to be restructured. It has been corporatized, and that's one of the problems.Cryn Johannsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-73572343072787240052011-10-19T09:57:43.222-04:002011-10-19T09:57:43.222-04:00Cryn:
Overpaid law professors ARE a part of the p...Cryn:<br /><br />Overpaid law professors ARE a part of the problem in much the same way that the debt acquired by law students is a part of the problem.<br /><br />Whether or not the scambloggers cover the matter or not does not lessen in any way the impact debt has on law graduates. The only difference between law school and undergrad is that law school takes advantage of the borrower with a smile.<br /><br />Professors AND administrators at the undergrad and graduate level are vastly overpaid. Law professors are just paid a lot more. All my professors in undergrad DID LITTLE WORK and I went to one of the best universities in the world. Teaching one class a semester at the undergrad level does not merit a 50K paycheck. Adjuncts are good but even they have teaching assistants who do all the gruntwork for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-82124812118523116382011-10-19T02:22:00.328-04:002011-10-19T02:22:00.328-04:00@Anonymous 2:19 AM - uh, are you familiar with adj...@Anonymous 2:19 AM - uh, are you familiar with adjuncts? Did you know that full professorships are disappearing, and universities are replacing those positions with underpaid adjuncts who oftentimes have no health insurance. That's what I'm talking about.Cryn Johannsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-14007793712512247642011-10-19T02:19:52.831-04:002011-10-19T02:19:52.831-04:00Then if not law, how about poli sci, communication...Then if not law, how about poli sci, communication, or psych profs who get their grads $25K jobs out of college -- if the students are lucky. Exactly how are they underpaid?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-83531420233500047512011-10-19T01:41:47.983-04:002011-10-19T01:41:47.983-04:00@Anonymous 1:40 AM - I knew I was going to receive...@Anonymous 1:40 AM - I knew I was going to receive this kind of remark. That's different. That's a whole set of problems that the experts (the scambloggers) write about on a regular basis.Cryn Johannsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-1442843866437366602011-10-19T01:40:28.841-04:002011-10-19T01:40:28.841-04:00Maybe. Law profs make $150-250k. Don't feel so...Maybe. Law profs make $150-250k. Don't feel sorry for them as they reap the profits from federally-guaranteed student loans that keep graduates deeply indebted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com