To voice your own opinion on this or other matters, contact the Globe . Competitive salaries for state college faculty On August 27, you reported Lieutenant Governor Jane Swift's new focus on education in the Commonwealth. In the same issue are several stories on the skyrocketing cost of local housing. One connection between these stories is the ongoing struggle of state college professors to receive fair salaries.
Faculty keep teaching despite the low pay because they love what they do.
High administrator salaries are rationalized by the argument that administrators would not work for the salary levels paid to faculty. Dedicated faculty members are, in effect, punished for their loyalty. If current trends in real estate and public higher education continue, home ownership will be an ever-receding dream for faculty members. Back to Dr. Hayes-Bohanan's Environmental Geography pages.