The vote was 174-3. Pretty decisive. UD‘s wondering about those three. One has to be the faculty representative to the athletics program – that’s always a jock in it for the free tickets. What about the other two?
Comments on the article in The Star-Ledger (“Eliminate philosophy and other essoteric non relivant majors that only keep the dorms full.”) point to the real problem at universities like Rutgers: scads of overpaid philosophy professors.
February 1st, 2012 at 11:26PM
Well, give the Rutgers’ philosophy department overall #2 ranking in the nation after NYU (http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/overall.asp) some of those folks may have been recruited with signing bonuses and convertibles.
February 1st, 2012 at 11:27PM
I will still be surprised if all their salaries added up equal the total of all the football coaches salaries….
February 2nd, 2012 at 4:10PM
The A&S faculty is right to ratchet up the pressure, especially now, with a host of leadership transition issues and a lot of flux at the state level. Alas, I also suspect that Athletics has now become the “other” that makes it tougher for the bonded in-group to deal with its own sh*t. Human nature . . .
February 2nd, 2012 at 5:00PM
Gotta love that comment about philosophy as a worthless major.
Demagogues use rhetoric all the time.
What departments rely heavily on imparting and refining that kind of skill? It’s not engineering, or the med school. I believe it shows up often in… the humanities.
What a Dolt.
February 3rd, 2012 at 8:44AM
That resolution might get a bare majority here. After the administration was done spinning scary stories about how NOT ONE SINGLE STUDENT!!! WILL EVER COME HERE AGAIN!!! IF WE DON’T KEEP PAYING THE PRICE OF BEING D-I AND THE TRUSTEES WILL NEVER GIVE US A DOLLAR AGAIN!!! AND ALL THE OTHER DONORS WILL BAIL!!! AND YOU FACULTY WILL ALL DIE HORRIBLE LONELY DEATHS SHIVERING AND STARVING ON A PARK BENCH AFTER WE HAVE TO FIRE EVERYONE!!! that resolution would probably do well to get 30%.