Can some one help me understand some of the dynamics here? As much as I'm concerned about the cuts, are there not times in businesses to look for efficiencies. The uofa has a lot of waste and bureaucracy. Profs make exorbitant salaries in the 200-400k ranges.
Assuming there was a need for cuts, how would you go about them?
We dont have the oil money we used to. Is this not tied to that?
Most tenured professors make less than $200k, tenure track ones make about $120k~150k and lecturers make between $60k and $90k. There are a few older, longer serving professors that make upwards of $200k and those in the $300k or up range usually make it out of research grants, dividends from patents, etc...
I also don't think it's exorbitant for a person that spent, on average, 10~12 years studying, out of the job market, or juggling a part time job with full time study/research, specializing themselves in a field, that train and prepare our professionals and develop technology to make six figures.
Teachers, doctors, nurses, these people should be the LAST to have their salaries cut.
If we want to talk about efficiency and return on investment, what about we stop the tax breaks for big oil companies, give them a taste of actual free market and save billions in taxpayer money, instead of cutting off in healthcare and education?
