November 21, 2008

Asking Whether Presidents Are Overpaid Is the Wrong Question

By MARC BOUSQUET

"Near the parking lot one day, I introduced myself to the president of our community college. 'My name's Matt Hall,' I said. 'I teach English here part time.' Our president looked at me and said, 'Thanks for helping out.'

"Helping out? I watched as he got into his brand-new Lexus and drove away. Two-thirds of the classes at that community college are taught by part-time teachers. So then we are what to this man? Volunteers?"

 — Matthew Henry Hall,"Why I Quit Adjunct

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