tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072123600670198776.post4500782134838882875..comments2022-03-14T03:30:58.678-07:00Comments on The California Professor: UC faculty salariesAldo Antonellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072779969049541485noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072123600670198776.post-34471357012290848002010-05-06T15:34:36.065-07:002010-05-06T15:34:36.065-07:00Thanks for the response.
We are all in for a gre...Thanks for the response. <br /><br />We are all in for a great ride as we reassign the limited wealth remaining.<br /><br />Sounds like you might be an economist. If so, don't forget that the system of economics has some parallels with non-euclidian geometry.<br />It's a wonderful, coherent set of theorems, with the mild problem that it does not represent reality.<br /><br />I feel for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072123600670198776.post-91351905651002042942010-05-05T18:30:00.790-07:002010-05-05T18:30:00.790-07:00Hello, Anonymous. Now I think I see more clearly w...Hello, Anonymous. Now I think I see more clearly what you wanted to say, so let me try to address your points.<br /><br />1. Like most UC faculty, I am not overpaid (administrators are a different story, though). UC faculty salaries have historically lagged behind salaries at comparable institutions, both public and private. UC managed to maintain faculty quality by offering three things that areAldo Antonellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072779969049541485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072123600670198776.post-13554016641655307062010-05-05T17:54:49.477-07:002010-05-05T17:54:49.477-07:00I posted my comment because your blog, although cl...I posted my comment because your blog, although clearly written by an intelligent person, seems to be more focused on your entitlement. If indeed this is your focus, I would suggest another tactic to "win friends and influence people"<br /><br />1. You may be overpaid. I don't know, but this blog entry seems only to discus that you make less than other faculty. Hardly a reasoned Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072123600670198776.post-39516857355726293782010-05-05T15:40:41.455-07:002010-05-05T15:40:41.455-07:00My policy is to post all comments, whether I agree...My policy is to post all comments, whether I agree with them or not (and as long as they are not offensive or abusive). Having said that, I do not quite understand what the anonymous commenter above is trying to say. And I reject the implication that I and others are "not concerned with the apparent self serving agendas of universities." That's precisely what we are concerned about.Aldo Antonellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072779969049541485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072123600670198776.post-70237645228045281102010-05-05T12:41:26.240-07:002010-05-05T12:41:26.240-07:00Although you label yourselves as seekers of knowle...Although you label yourselves as seekers of knowledge, you and your ilk jump into the simplistic world of relativism. Perhaps you are capable of computing total compensation, guaranteed pensions,free time, and the like, then comparing those figures to what any other similarly educated person would earn. Maybe a little bit of cost to value analysis for your positions would be part of a salary Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com