[Vision2020] He scorns to suckle at the public teat?

[David M. Budge]

Joan, 

You may be right but in most universities today retiring teachers are 
offered a "teach out" where, for their last three years, they teach a 
much reduced schedule, remain on hand as curriculum advisors, and help 
with faculty transition.  It makes more sense to find out what his 
salary was three years prior to retirement.  The "teach out" is 
considered a retirement benefit amongst modern academicians.

Not that I really care nor wish to argue about the fairness of "teach 
outs."  I've got no dog in this hunt.

db

Joan Opyr wrote:

> Dear Visionaries,
>
> This is purely unsubstantiated rumor, but if unsubstantiated rumor is 
> good enough for Dale Courtney, Jack Wenders, and Phil and Donovan, 
> then why shouldn't I join right in?  Let's be neighborly!  Let's all 
> roll around in the mud together!
>
> Here goes: Ron Force has told us that Professor Wenders' salary at the 
> University of Idaho in 1998 was $43,000 plus.  I've been told (but 
> can't substantiate) that to earn his pay, Professor Wenders taught one 
> course.  Per year.  Using the formula we applied back in my college 
> teaching days, one factors 2 hours of prep/grading time per 1 hour of 
> teaching, meaning that Wenders would have worked roughly 9 hours per 
> week for 16 weeks, a total of 144 hours.  For $43,000 plus in 
> compensation, not including benefits.  Using my own calculator (rather 
> than Donovan's abacus), that's $298.61 per hour.  In tax dollars, 
> yours and mine.  Tainted, repulsive, disgusting government money.  
> Grody.  Ick.  Get thee behind me, thou filthy Benjamin Franklins!
>
> Of course, I could be misinformed.  I haven't called Dr. Wenders to 
> verify his UI teaching schedule.  I also haven't called to ask if his 
> refrigerator is running -- because if it is, hadn't he better go catch 
> it?
>
> In the greater service of our ongoing juvenility,
>
> Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
> www.auntie-establishment.com
>
>
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