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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dept chairs are faculty. Saying they are somehow at a different level than the other faculty shows a lack of knowledge of how colleges work. 
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They are paid more and have major responsibilities.  Many universities have large search committees to make department chair appointments that regularly recruit from outside universities, looking for the high performing stars.  The overwhelming majority of faculty will never become department chairs.[/quote]

And in many schools, the dept head position rotates among the dept faculty. [/quote]

Yes, nobody wants to be chair. It takes away research time and grant application time. But it is a major service so it rotates through the faculty. Some faculty do becomes Deans. But many choose just to focus on research (not like they are lacking skills).  In some rare cases, chairs can be hired externally through senior hire but it is not common.  
I have no idea why we discuss this here. An earlier PP argues faculty is only middle class in a society  (which means less rich than managers and CEOs) due to their lack of humanities education and faculty jobs are often taken by immigrants. Therefore, the humanities education is important for elite class.   This makes no sense as faculty can be a professor in law, medicine, finance, history, and chemistry. 
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Your inability to focus on the topic here is bizarre but let me add that chairs are supposed to make significantly more salary.  Faculty are underpaid and for most faculty becoming chair is a huge promotion.  Elite class = money and just being regular faculty is so underpaid that their salaries are laughable.  It is why the best and brightest don’t pursue academic careers.[/quote]

Doubling down on your ignorant argument won’t make it less ignorant.

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You are in denial.[/quote]

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