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<blockquote data-quote="Skeptic" data-source="post: 412764" data-attributes="member: 2175"><p>Son #2 is a university professor. Nine years of college, ph.d. Loves what he does, can't imagine not teaching, researching or writing. He and spouse started out with big student loans, too, at high interest rates, meaning for the first few years they paid them off and contributed little to the economy. That being said he makes a decent living by today's standards and doesn't complain about it, but if one compares salaries, his school's administrators -- who do not bring in a nickel of revenue (and that is what a course offering is for, to attract students who pay the tuition, etc.) and may earn twice his salary, the major reason for the continuing enmity between faculty and administration. This, I gather is a situation not limited to one university.</p><p></p><p>In my home state the Right argues for vocational training, that not every student or for that matter many of them require intellectual stimulation and opposes liberal arts. Make the decision for them, get 'em a job. The Left argues for liberal arts and the university model: a rounded education in the humanities and arts, exploration of the mind and preparation in learning how to learn.</p><p></p><p>But neither side addresses the cost of the education, or the damage done to the economy or standard of living when so much of the income goes not to consumerism but to banks for 10 or 12 year old debt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skeptic, post: 412764, member: 2175"] Son #2 is a university professor. Nine years of college, ph.d. Loves what he does, can't imagine not teaching, researching or writing. He and spouse started out with big student loans, too, at high interest rates, meaning for the first few years they paid them off and contributed little to the economy. That being said he makes a decent living by today's standards and doesn't complain about it, but if one compares salaries, his school's administrators -- who do not bring in a nickel of revenue (and that is what a course offering is for, to attract students who pay the tuition, etc.) and may earn twice his salary, the major reason for the continuing enmity between faculty and administration. This, I gather is a situation not limited to one university. In my home state the Right argues for vocational training, that not every student or for that matter many of them require intellectual stimulation and opposes liberal arts. Make the decision for them, get 'em a job. The Left argues for liberal arts and the university model: a rounded education in the humanities and arts, exploration of the mind and preparation in learning how to learn. But neither side addresses the cost of the education, or the damage done to the economy or standard of living when so much of the income goes not to consumerism but to banks for 10 or 12 year old debt. [/QUOTE]
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