Political Science as a Dumping Ground for Failed Politicos
Alberto Gonzales to Texas Tech. Eliot Spitzer to City College of New York.
This isn’t pretty. At least Spitzer is only getting the adjunct rate.
[Hat tip to Matt Grossmann.]
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Alberto Gonzales to Texas Tech. Eliot Spitzer to City College of New York.
This isn’t pretty. At least Spitzer is only getting the adjunct rate.
[Hat tip to Matt Grossmann.]
Comments
Apparently, the appointment already caused a bit of a stir over his salary…
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September 9, 2009 02:23 PM
How about, “Politics as a dumping ground for failed political scientists” or something?
I’m sure we can find a few of those…
Posted by: Adan | September 9, 2009 03:20 PM
Back in the late ‘70s, early ‘80s I was on the adjunct faculty of a law school in its graduate tax program, teaching one semester a year on corporations and shareholders. My top salary was $2,500. I had a busy law practice at the time and once figured that based upon class and preparation time (tax law constantly changes - by statute - by caselaw) my pay was about $20/hour. But I did not do it for the money - although I kept it. If Spitzer is qualified, in this day and age $4,500 is a mere stipend. But it was a good gesture for him to contribute the salary to charity.
Posted by: Shag from Brookline | September 10, 2009 07:12 AM
A general comment, not with specific reference to Spitzer:
It makes little or no sense to talk about adjuncts’ pay in terms of x dollars per hour since, as the previous comment suggests, preparation time has to be factored in, not just time in class.
(Also w/ ref to previous comment: Law schools paid (and pay) their adjuncts better than pol sci depts. or most other academic depts., I would think.)
Posted by: LFC | September 10, 2009 04:35 PM