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"Publish or perish." The dirty secret of universities: the job of most faculty isn't to teach, it's to research and bring prestige to the university. In the sc
by ibsulon 16y ago
"Publish or perish."
The dirty secret of universities: the job of most faculty isn't to teach, it's to research and bring prestige to the university. In the sciences, research is a byproduct of bringing in money, so research grants are the most important part.
Thus, on top of those three classes (two at the university I live near) they're expected to put in full time work on their research.
From what I see, it's about a 60 hour average week in the social sciences. That dips to 35-40 in the summers.
- pw0ncakes 16y agoMy point is that professors aren't overcompensated, because they "bring in" about $100k per class of tuition, which is about $667/hour-- although obviously deductions need to be made for administrative costs, classes are the main service-- assuming 150 hours of work per class, but are paid substantially less. The fact that they also do research as a full-time job means that they're even less overcompensated (by which I mean, "more undercompensated").
- mklg1266 16y agoProfessors work. A lot. Maybe not the ancient tenured ones, and not all of them, but the majority. It is far from a 40-hour job. And in the hard sciences/engineering/computer science, they could definitely be making more money in industry.