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"A controversial, outspoken law professor who frequently bashes Republicans and specializes in poverty issues as a self-proclaimed champion of the poor earns $205,400 per year – for teaching one class per semester."...
Bill and Melinda Gates also work on poverty and health issues while living the high life. What's your point? Should only poor people care about poverty? Only sick people care about disease?
Bill and Melinda Gates also work on poverty and health issues while living the high life. What's your point? Should only poor people care about poverty? Only sick people care about disease?
The point appears to be that he is paid disproportionate to his work. That he works on poverty issues seems ironical. It is not to suggest that only people who can cook should eat.
Professors do a lot more than teach. So the fact he only teaches one class doesn't bother me. Not to mention not all classes are the typical 3-4 credit hours like an undergrad program would be. I'm not sure how law school classes are set-up.
I would be curious how else his time is spent. My adviser in graduate school spent much of his time on research, writing grants, attending conferences, advising students, serving on committees etc.
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I don't care what he teaches or who he bashes... But this sounds like a misuse of public money.
200k for one class? If he's that good he should be practicing law.
All the full professors make about that much, regardless of number of classes taught. Full-time professors (even assistant or associate level) get paid a flat salary, not per class. Only adjuncts get paid per class.
Look at it this way. The best private practice lawyers can easily make more than 200k a year. Even mediocre ones are making over 100k a year.
How does a law school attract the best lawyers, so they can teach people how to BECOME the best lawyers?
By paying them a salary that's enough to attract them out of their private practices.
I don't find his salary odd at all. He's teaching law, not freshman English or what have you. They let grad students teach intro undergrad courses to save money so they CAN pay professors more.
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I've been present for some of his "speeches" and the guy is a KOOK! There is no way around it.
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