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Date: | Fri, 29 Aug 2003 11:11:20 -0400 |
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My personal outrage at the way salary inequity is being perpetuated stems
as much from the demeaning remarks reported in the press this morning as
from administrators getting hired at inflated salaries or being given
raises approaching ten percent (in order to be competitive, we're told).
All of us deserve a competitive salary. But the statement attributed to a
top-level administrator that administrators work harder than faculty and
were being asked to do more in tough financial times (aren't we all?) was
hard to swallow. So, too, was the "let them eat cake" type of statement
reported when another, even more senior adminstrator was quoted as saying
that it was easier to fix a few salaries than 250. In good conscience I had
to rescind my acceptance of an invitation to the Chancellor's home for
faculty on a school night at that. After all, I did not want to add to the
perception that as a mere faculty member I had nothing to do on a weekend
but socialize. Perhaps the UTC administration has taken too many lessons
from Schumacher.
Chuck Lippy
LeRoy A. Martin Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies
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