Which makes me wonder exactly what kind of person chooses to suffer through slights, disrespect, and outright abuse, all for next to nothing. I doubt that the majority of deans, provosts, and campus presidents would line up for such meager pay. It is little wonder that physicians, lawyers, engineers, and computer scientists look askance at the humanities and social-sciences professoriate. Remember, being promoted to associate or full professor will not remarkably increase your wages. Everyone reading this knows it was not put into faculty salaries.
Most professors know very little about the economics of their institutions.
The majority of faculty lose all interest in the concerns of beleaguered graduate students once they land a tenure-track job. Similarly, most administrators appear to loose all interest in the concerns they held as faculty members. I trust that many of you have thoughts on these and related issues. Perhaps The Chronicle will invite a fuller discussion in its Colloquy forum. If so, tell us about it.