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Friday, March 24, 2006
40 THOU for 40 PERCENT? Okay, tuition at U. Penn is actually around $33 thou, but 40 makes for better alliteration. Today's Chronicle of Higher Education reports: Tenure-track faculty members teach only 40 percent of classes in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts and Sciences, according to a report by a graduate-student union at Penn that has been fighting for university recognition. Lecturers on short-term contracts teach almost the same amount, the report says. Yes, the grad students are trying to make a point; but their numbers are probably right, or close to right. And scandalous. Via Cold Spring Shops who quotes Chris at Signifying Nothing: "Confidential to parents: drop the 40 large per annum on a liberal arts college education for your kids instead." |