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Thursday, January 11, 2007

More Letters from Alabama


'The next time someone in Alabama gripes about the educational ranking in the state, let me remind them of hard empirical evidence regarding how highly education is thought of in Alabama.

The recent hiring of Nick Saban by the University of Alabama for a reported $32 million reflects Alabama's commitment to education.

According to the Chronicle of Higher Education web site, the average salary of a full professor (the highest academic rank, and hard to get) was $97,800. That means that football at UA is valued 327.2 times more than academics.

And you wonder why we rank last in just about everything?

Henry Barwood
Troy'


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