> I know I'm just defending myself and my colleagues, but I must contest
> this. Most of the faculty that I work with could obtain far more
> filthy lucre working in the private sector. For instance, the nursing
> faculty at my college educate students who make more than the faculty
> do when students begin their first job as RNs. For the most part,
> college faculty are not "opportunists"; they are people who fervently
> believe in the inherent individual and social benefits of learning.
> They deserve our gratitude, not our opprobrium.
You're right, I was generalizing based on my experience of faculty at an elite institution.
Joanna