(1) Hooray for Canada! (2) Given that so many who teach in university these days are on contract rather than in the tenure stream, this study seems a bit like studying the average height of the dodo bird.
(3) The book seems to be out now. Amazon has only 19 left. Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo On 2012-12-01, at 7:08 AM, "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> wrote: > The NY Times has an article that provide a little review of a soon to be > published book "Paying the Professorate" which provides the results from > an international study of the salaries of academics. see: > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/world/europe/02iht-educlede02.html?smid=fb-share&pagewanted=all > > (1) Damn the Canadians! ;-) > > (2) Would you like to be an academic in Ethiopia? > > (3) Are you glad that you're not an academic in Russia? > > (4) Why might Chinese academics find U.S. schools so attractive? > > I have some questions about the accuracy of the data (it appears that > it is hard to get good data on academic's salaries) but it does give one > pause. One major problem is that the data is provided by country and > not academic discipline within country. Nonetheless, the top level salaries > for the U.S. seem a little low, unless law and medical schools are being > excluded. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=22116 > or send a blank email to > leave-22116-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=22118 or send a blank email to leave-22118-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
