tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post78880782480540714..comments2024-03-09T03:20:20.004-05:00Comments on Tenured Radical: How Many Administrators Does It Take To File A Department Of Education Report?Tenured Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-35601227050437405842009-04-23T01:53:00.000-05:002009-04-23T01:53:00.000-05:00Thanks, TR. These CCAP people not only have a clea...Thanks, TR. These CCAP people not only have a clear ideological bent, but also write in wild generalities (as when their leader, Richard Vedder, discusses the worth of academic research as if it's all the same waste of money). But after all, what's a journalist to do? A trip to Google would take time and thought. Oh, no it wouldn't . . .anthony graftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588520143876853373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-16203409263427099582009-04-22T17:13:00.000-05:002009-04-22T17:13:00.000-05:00This is just so dishonest. They mention things li...This is just so dishonest. They mention things like the expansion of IT jobs and satisfying reporting requirements, and then quote Bennett saying it's keeping up with the Joneses. The connection between the expansion of reporting requirements and keeping up with the Joneses is what?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-58600270242704079322009-04-22T06:19:00.000-05:002009-04-22T06:19:00.000-05:00There is another report on this study in this week...There is another report on this study in this week's Chronicle of Higher Education that makes the same points as rhe article you deal with but adds some collaborating quotes from other sources. In addition to non-educators taking a larger slice of the post-secondary education pie, it seems to me that two other signs of trouble in academe are escalating tuition rates (far higher than the inflation rate) and the attempt to grow endowments by making risky bets in hedge funds and the like without proper accounting for risk (let's all emulate Yale.) It would appear that the higher education industry, like the financial industry, has been somewhat lacking in responsibility over the past several years and is now properly being called to account.JackDanielsBlackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285871354441074406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-54837488933665382712009-04-21T12:54:00.000-05:002009-04-21T12:54:00.000-05:00More coincidences. There's an even weaker take on ...More coincidences. There's an even weaker take on the same subject from a blog at The Economist: <A HREF="http://www.economist.com/blogs/lexington/2009/04/the_higher_learning.cfm" REL="nofollow">link here</A>.dancehttp://pronetolaughter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-36462262306941932432009-04-21T12:02:00.000-05:002009-04-21T12:02:00.000-05:00Here's an interesting coincidence. One of the in-...Here's an interesting coincidence. One of the in-house right-wing columnists for the Denver Post today ran a column headlined "Higher ed, higher salaries," in which he notes the inflated compensation packages for various Colorado chancellors and University presidents. (He graciously acknowledges that faculty salaries haven't been keeping up the pace!)<br /><br />http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_12185586<br /><br />I agree with him that the money the top admins make is obscene, especially when it's not shared with faculty and staff at all. But I wonder if the memo was issued from Pittsburgh (Scaife) or Lynchburg (Liberty U.) commanding all conservative columnists to write on this topic this week.historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.com