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[quote=Anonymous]I have a PhD and this is what I believe: Academia is a racket, and the administrators are just as complicit as the tenured/tenure track "scholars." The OP is right that most professors genuinely believe that they have the toughest jobs in the world, despite having great perks that no longer exist in other industries (job for life, tons of flexibility, job for life.) That's in part because most academics have never worked in any other capacity, not even at the local Dairy Queen in HS. They live in a very insulated culture.

All that said, this world is becoming smaller and smaller. There are far more PhD graduates than jobs available in most disciplines, and unless mandatory retirement ages are reinstated that's not changing any time soon. Which means we'll all pay $60k+++ per year for our kids to be taught by adjuncts who barely clear minimum wage and who don't get any benefits. But the school will have a state-of-the-art student center and a whole army of administrators like the OP, who detest their institutions but live a fine life off them.[/quote]

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