I am not going to engage in an argument over degrees.  If you think that 
your training in a M.A. program made you better prepared than the average 
Ph.D.... yikes.

At 01:28 PM 10/31/01 -0800, you wrote:
>That is correct. It does NOT matter whether you have a
>Ph.D. or Master's. We are teaching the same classes to
>the same students and doing the same work in the same
>classes. Furthermore, if you were to take degrees into
>consideration it should not by the type of degree but
>instead the QUALITY of the degree.
>There are people who hold Ph.D.'s who are not
>qualified to be college professors just like there are
>people with Master's degree who are not qualified.
>What makes you qualified and what should determine
>your pay is NOT which TYPE of degree you hold (MA vs.
>Ph.D.) but instead what you put into getting the
>degree (QUALITY of the degree) while you were working
>to earn it. For example, there are people who have
>published more and have more teaching experiences with
>a Master's degree than some people do with Ph.D.'s.
>This is what I mean about the QUALITY rather than the
>TYPE of degree that really matters. This is another
>big MYTH in our field about types of degrees
>mattering.
>
>Payam Heidary, M.A.
>
>
>--- Stephen W Tuholski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I don't think I understand this response... it
> > doesn't matter whether you
> > have a Ph.D. or Masters?  I beg to differ!  If you
> > work at a place that
> > really believes that, you might want to leave
> > anyway...
> >
> > Raises... is there a big difference in the
> > percentage increase, or the
> > actual dollar increase?  If the part-timers started
> > off higher, than they
> > will always get bigger dollar increases, even if the
> > percentage increases
> > are the same.
> >
> > At 01:01 PM 10/31/01 -0800, you wrote:
> > >In most cases it does not matter whether you hold a
> > >Master's or Ph.D. The pay is for the most part
> > equal
> > >in all cases. I am talking about beginning salaries
> > >and not when you have been there for several years.
> > >But even if you do compare raises of part-timers
> > and
> > >full-timers over the years you will still see a big
> > >difference.
> >
> >
> >
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> > Stephen W. Tuholski Ph.D.
> > Asst. Professor
> > Dept. of Psychology
> > Southern Illinois U. at Edwardsville
> > Edwardsville IL 62026
> > Phone: 618 650 5391
> > Fax: 618 650 5087
> > http://www.siue.edu/~stuhols
> >
> > "Most people would sooner die than think; in fact,
> > they do so."
> >                       - Bertrand 
> Russell
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Stephen W. Tuholski Ph.D.               
Asst. Professor                         
Dept. of Psychology
Southern Illinois U. at Edwardsville
Edwardsville IL 62026
Phone: 618 650 5391             
Fax: 618 650 5087       
http://www.siue.edu/~stuhols

"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so."
                        - Bertrand Russell                                      
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