History Professors Saw Minimal Salary Increases in 2010-11

May 3, 2011, 1:42 pm

The American Historical Association has some dismal news to report about the salaries of history professors: They are paid barely more than they were a year ago. An article in the May issue of the group’s magazine, Perspectives on History, shows that the average salaries for history professors at four-year colleges and universities in 2010-11 rose just 0.5 percent, less than the rate of inflation. The data came from the most recent national survey of faculty salaries conducted annually by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.

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agrudjr

Many faculty at state universities across the country have not gotten any raises in the past several years.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Antsy-Kuhnwisse/100002159499682 Antsy Kuhnwisse

Yes, I thought this was widely true for faculty in most non-STM (and non-administrative) departments. Some have even taken salary cuts or unpaid furloughs.
nacrandell

First, is this news to anyone?
Second, as a history BA my question is, should I have sought a BS in Marketing?
supertatie

I think many of us consider ongoing employment to be an end in itself. No one I know is expecting raises; they are hoping not to be laid off.
edwoof

2010 salaries and associated raises were probably determined based on the average rate of inflation in 2009 which was a negative .4 (see, http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/). Therefore a .5 raise would be almost a full point over the previous year’s average inflation, which is not too shabby.

Of course, I agree with supertatie that anyone with a job nowadays should be grateful.
iris411

definitely. You still have time to change your major. don’t wait till you get into graduate school
bowl_haircut

Yes, and this is a dangerous trend. When “just having a job” becomes the end-game, widespread exploitation and wage-slavery becomes the norm not the exception. We are headed for dark times.
nacrandell

Not quite. I didn’t say BA candidate and used the past tense, “should I have sought,” therefore my BA is in history.

Interesting though – what is the difference of History and Marketing? Look at Ogilvy’s 1958 Roll Royce ad and the 1933 Pierce Arrow ad. The problem with history is not the field of study, but the lack of presentation of the field as suitable for business.
sastrand

I was just playing, downloaded a QR scanner app for my iPad, Googled QR codes on my computer and they almost all worked just fine.
http://www.facebook.com/russianjulia58 Julia Wolf

came to the library with the best intention to apply for a Garden School coordinator…
LOOK where it got me!!!

what’s next? Library in a GARDEN ..
robinashford

Though it does make it easier and more convenient if you own a smartphone, iPod Touch with camera or tablet, it is possible to use a regular cell phone to read QR codes and they can also be read by those with no phone at all.There are two options that I know of that enable this, I have tested both and they work well.

I’ll include a link here to a presentation that I put up on slideshare on QR codes, which includes two slides on using them without a smartphone or no phone at all (younger children, for instance, and designed to read a print QR code with a webcam, but a photo of the QR code in your cell phone will work).http://www.slideshare.net/RobinAshford/qr-codes-what-why-how-where(slide no. 24 + 25) BTW – I’ve researched, written and presented on QR codes during the past year and was glad to see this article in Wired Campus. The awareness of QR codes continues to increase in the states (I was less sure about whether they would mainstream a year ago) and that makes this easy to create and use technology all the more valuable for use in higher ed.
http://twitter.com/rashford Robin Ashford

sorry about the bad link, this one will work: http://www.slideshare.net/RobinAshford/qr-codes-what-why-how-where
http://metabrandblog.wordpress.com/ Jesse de Agustin

Interesting article on QR codes – As more and more students get smartphones, QR codes will become more popular on college campuses and in marketing materials.

You might be interested in my guest post on Higher Education Branding as well.

http://kylelacy.com/in-higher-education-it-seems-everyone-is-a-branding-expert/

Jesse
kate987

What about those with low vision? What is done to ensure that they too can access the same content? Seems like just one more piece of technology that ignores that we humans are not all the same but still deserve equity and equal rights of access.