tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post79762328275539176..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Professor Salaries, 1970.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61506217211565115522013-10-17T16:50:48.274-04:002013-10-17T16:50:48.274-04:00I think I received a c. $1,000 bump in salary when...I think I received a c. $1,000 bump in salary when I defended in the very early 21st century. I wasn't on the tenure track, however. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66291907777199953682013-10-17T13:18:24.170-04:002013-10-17T13:18:24.170-04:00I suppose if I'd be FLOORED to get that much o...I suppose if I'd be FLOORED to get that much of an increase NOW, it would be substantial then.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45294733749393086162013-10-17T11:08:21.053-04:002013-10-17T11:08:21.053-04:00A friend who works there always pronounces it &quo...A friend who works there always pronounces it "Steve Nefosten" (sometimes adding "State" afterwards).Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13069122161000584242013-10-17T09:50:30.678-04:002013-10-17T09:50:30.678-04:00At least in the early to mid-60s, a salary of $65 ...At least in the early to mid-60s, a salary of $65 a week was 'good' (=$3,400). So, a salary difference of $2,000 in 1970 would still be quite substantive.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19612009655016756032013-10-17T00:48:24.385-04:002013-10-17T00:48:24.385-04:00Shit, you're right. But it still doesn't a...Shit, you're right. But it still doesn't alter the conclusion: Stephen F. Austin is in the great state of Texas, which is certainly a cheaper place to live than San Diego.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91622907204007136802013-10-16T22:26:07.621-04:002013-10-16T22:26:07.621-04:00Once you adjust for inflation the difference is no...Once you adjust for inflation the difference is not so outrageous. The 1970 Assist. Prof. of Pols above was making $56K adjusted for 2010. In the 2010 published salaries from Austin an Assistant professor in that department was making $60K.French Professeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062264385792788503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75562272694724125112013-10-16T21:59:35.930-04:002013-10-16T21:59:35.930-04:00I say this b/c it's curious to me that someone...I say this b/c it's curious to me that someone 56 earns $2,000 more than someone 35 at a similar rank. Given that level of pay, I'm guessing a $2,000 raise over 20 years is really not much to look forward to. Then again, I'm not sure our current pay rates would be much better. The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1076548141937614802013-10-16T21:56:51.746-04:002013-10-16T21:56:51.746-04:00I'm curious why the age matters. Shouldn't...I'm curious why the age matters. Shouldn't number of years teaching matter rather than age?The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44716059432689324852013-10-16T21:39:21.096-04:002013-10-16T21:39:21.096-04:00The way I read these is as job offers confirmed by...The way I read these is as job offers confirmed by the Board of Stephen F. Austin and the school names in parentheses are the degree granting institutions of the new appointees.Pat from Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005657976057072299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68653689821994079402013-10-16T17:38:14.338-04:002013-10-16T17:38:14.338-04:00Another problem that we statistics aficionados wil...Another problem that we statistics aficionados will notice is that these ads are for jobs in less expensive parts of the country, including the great states of Oklahoma, Mississippi, Texas, North Carolina, and the Bronx. (OK, the Bronx isn't a state of the union, but it's definitely a state of mind.) When San Diego State recently did a search for a tenure-track assistant professor of Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10118252290905714832013-10-16T15:54:02.344-04:002013-10-16T15:54:02.344-04:00A retiring prof who started at Tuk U here in Canuc...A retiring prof who started at Tuk U here in Canuckistan in 1972 told me his starting salary was slightly higher than #6. An interesting part of the story he told was that the cost of a nice house in central Big Canuckistan City was almost exactly the same as his starting salary; the average cost of a house in that same neighbourhood nowadays, which is now a very affluent part of the city, is $Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.com