Do College Professors Deserve a Living Wage?

[mike_c]

5. bullshit....

Biden's statement about college professor's wage hikes contributing to the increasing cost of education is bullshit. More demonization of teachers.

I'm a tenured professor in the California State University. My wages have not increased since 2007, and that raise was small, and entirely eclipsed by the wage reduction that we suffered in 2010 when we were furloughed for 10 percent of our earnings. Actually, we received our first salary increase since 2007 this month, and it was less than one percent for most of us. So over the time that professor salaries have remained stagnant or declined, tuition has nearly tripled (from $1,400 per year in 2002 to $5,400 per year in 2011).

That tuition increase has NOTHING to do with professor's salaries. Zip. Nada. On the other hand, it has everything to do with ongoing public disinvestment in education.