UIC [don't they have McCloskey] also can't compete for the big name scientists, so they are finding a niche.
Maybe they need a salary cap, like the sports leagues.
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 02:47:47PM -0500, Doug Henwood
wrote: > Michael Perelman wrote:
>
> >The pay gap is widening in all respects. Bus/Science vs. the Humanities.
> >Star professors vs. ordinary grunts.
>
> I was just at the University of Illinois-Chicago. The estimable
> Stanley Fish was recruited at the price of $250k/yr to hire some
> stars. Walter Benn Michaels has been brought it at somewhat lower
> expense, partly paid out of an affirmative action fund.
>
> The trustees, and apparently ultimately the legislature, has decided
> it wants to put UIC on the academic map. Can anyone explain the logic
> of this? Does it make economic sense, or is it mainly vanity?
>
> Doug
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