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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But putting aside whether these PhD holders are making poor decisions, and some of them are, the fact that universities can and do pay people so little is appalling.

The salary is not at all commensurate with experience or education.

And the reality is 90% of universities in this country simply could not function without them.

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[b]But isn’t it just a matter of supply & demand? Why pay people good wages when there are often 100 people applying for a job?[/b] I mean, besides the morality component? Because that’s how it works in the private sector, everyone I know thinks their underpaid. Companies (& universities) pay as little as they can get away with. And they had “experience or education” they could work somewhere else. That’s why it’s so hard for universities to hire computer science professors. If you’re good enough at CS to work at a university, you make much more in the private sector. What else are you going to do with a Philosophy PhD besides admin or being a barista?[/quote]

That's really the bottom line. It doesn't matter that an employer has the money to pay more and it really really doesn't mater what pay a person "deserves." If I can fill the position with $20k, I will and be comforted by the idea (true or not) that the employee gets $+benefits from their spouse/partner/parents.  It's tough out here in the real world.[/quote]

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