Mowog

Exploring the Exploding Costs of Education and Medical Services

Gracious! If the average professor earned $60K in 1992, what is it now? Considering the number of fluff faculty and course, some serious staffing trimming looks overdue. I've heard one problem in academe is that professors aren't retiring; they prefer to hang on as professors emeritus earning fat salaries and teaching few classes. Ending tenure would help bring college costs down, which is what is happening in Japan, where the number of incoming students is dropping (and will continue to do so for years).