Comments on: Nothing to hide http://erinoconnor.org/2010/07/nothing-to-hide/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Eveningsun http://erinoconnor.org/2010/07/nothing-to-hide/comment-page-1/#comment-9999 Eveningsun Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:05:11 +0000 http://erinoconnor.org/?p=1932#comment-9999 More FWIW--courtesy our library, some salaries at my humble institution: History Prof (6 years experience) -- $44,076 Eveningsun (English Prof, 14 years) -- $55,326 Physics Prof (13 years) -- $66,688 Football Coach (4 years, 18-26 record) -- $75,000 Athletic Director (10 years) -- $77,856 Associate Provost for Grad Studies -- $96,000 President -- $221,106 These are base salaries and don't include benefits, "overload" courses, etc. We're a small, rural, 4-year liberal arts and teacher-education school. Focus is on teaching rather than research, and almost all FT faculty teach a 4-4 load or greater. We're Division II and make no significant profit off athletics. More FWIW–courtesy our library, some salaries at my humble institution:

History Prof (6 years experience) — $44,076
Eveningsun (English Prof, 14 years) — $55,326
Physics Prof (13 years) — $66,688
Football Coach (4 years, 18-26 record) — $75,000
Athletic Director (10 years) — $77,856
Associate Provost for Grad Studies — $96,000
President — $221,106

These are base salaries and don’t include benefits, “overload” courses, etc. We’re a small, rural, 4-year liberal arts and teacher-education school. Focus is on teaching rather than research, and almost all FT faculty teach a 4-4 load or greater. We’re Division II and make no significant profit off athletics.

]]> By: Eveningsun http://erinoconnor.org/2010/07/nothing-to-hide/comment-page-1/#comment-9995 Eveningsun Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:36:46 +0000 http://erinoconnor.org/?p=1932#comment-9995 I'm with you, DF. In fact, before classes start this fall I'm going to post my salary, right alongside those of selected administrators, coaches, and state officials. And to do so I don't need anyone's permission, much less a legislative mandate, since all state college salaries are already public knowledge in my neck of the woods. (Bet they already are in Texas, as well.) Anyone who's interested can simply phone the library. FWIW, I and many other faculty have been posting syllabi on their websites for ages. Every summer I surf around other profs' websites for ideas for my own classes. I’m with you, DF. In fact, before classes start this fall I’m going to post my salary, right alongside those of selected administrators, coaches, and state officials. And to do so I don’t need anyone’s permission, much less a legislative mandate, since all state college salaries are already public knowledge in my neck of the woods. (Bet they already are in Texas, as well.) Anyone who’s interested can simply phone the library.

FWIW, I and many other faculty have been posting syllabi on their websites for ages. Every summer I surf around other profs’ websites for ideas for my own classes.

]]> By: david foster http://erinoconnor.org/2010/07/nothing-to-hide/comment-page-1/#comment-9993 david foster Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:49:29 +0000 http://erinoconnor.org/?p=1932#comment-9993 Also, I hope that the salary-posting requirement is not limited to professors...much more importantly, it should include the full compensation (mansions, drivers, servants, etc) received by administrators. I suspect this would be revealing to many citizens (and possibly to the IRS as well)..these posting should, of course, be required to be certified under penalty of perjury by each of the top highest-paid administrators at each university. Also, I hope that the salary-posting requirement is not limited to professors…much more importantly, it should include the full compensation (mansions, drivers, servants, etc) received by administrators. I suspect this would be revealing to many citizens (and possibly to the IRS as well)..these posting should, of course, be required to be certified under penalty of perjury by each of the top highest-paid administrators at each university.

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]]> By: david foster http://erinoconnor.org/2010/07/nothing-to-hide/comment-page-1/#comment-9991 david foster Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:44:40 +0000 http://erinoconnor.org/?p=1932#comment-9991 "And the higher education system depends on peer review by other educators, which is a better method for judging professors’ qualifications than review by the general public"...what does peer review have to do with quality of teaching? "an insulting mistrust of higher education faculty"...does the requirement that publicly-traded corporations file 10-Ks, proxy statements, reports of stock trades by officers, etc, reflect "an insulting mistrust of corporate officials?" What we have here is people who are actually *employees of the state government* who want to act like land-owning aristocrats with no accountability or responsibility to anyone. “And the higher education system depends on peer review by other educators, which is a better method for judging professors’ qualifications than review by the general public”…what does peer review have to do with quality of teaching?

“an insulting mistrust of higher education faculty”…does the requirement that publicly-traded corporations file 10-Ks, proxy statements, reports of stock trades by officers, etc, reflect “an insulting mistrust of corporate officials?”

What we have here is people who are actually *employees of the state government* who want to act like land-owning aristocrats with no accountability or responsibility to anyone.

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