Dan,<br> <br>Retirement is different than changing jobs. If someone is paying into a retirement program, they paid for it, they earned it. If a Dean stops doing their work, they should not get the same compensation for a lesser position, they should get the compensation for that new position. If we followed this pay structure that Nick is suggesting, nobody would be a Dean for any longer than the time required to get the permanent higher pay. In fact, all the professors could simply rotate the position of Dean, like chair of a department, to all obtain higher permanent salaries. <br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>Dan Carscallen <areaman@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Donovan says:<br>". . . are you saying that the taxpayer should continue compensating<br>former university presidents that underperformed and sank their
school<br>into bankruptcy or financial hardship just because some private<br>companies do that?"<br><br>Obviously nobody read Nick's manifesto. The question I gathered from it<br>was "should a professor continue to get paid what he made as a Dean if<br>he steps down from that position?" I think it was somewhat rhetorical.<br><br>But now I have another question, for Donovan:<br><br>Are you saying that a former university president should not be entitled<br>to the retirement program that he contributed to?<br><br>Your pal,<br><br>DC<br><br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>=======================================================<br></blockquote><br><p> 
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