tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post1441521103059226720..comments2023-10-15T10:48:01.870-04:00Comments on Roxie's World: Big Wigs, Hard TimesRoxie Smith Lindemannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-25801688217813146272009-12-01T10:52:04.526-05:002009-12-01T10:52:04.526-05:00BRILLIANT, Rox. And one suggestion I will add is ...BRILLIANT, Rox. And one suggestion I will add is that administrators might declare that their own salaries not just be hit with furloughs but be cut in order to save money. Imagine an administrator suggesting that, and saying that would be necessary for improving education! Heck, some savvy undergrads on my campus tell me they could just agree to a cap of $200K or so and most of the cuts we're experiencing wouldn't be necessary. Imagine touting the pleasures of learning and saying that a life of learning and inspiring young citizens to learn is good for our COMMONWEALTH. <br /><br />"Excellence without money" IS a joke, not a vision statement, and all of this cutting sounds particularly absurd coming from the mouths of those who became administrators because they like the additional pay and the lack of pressure to do research. Just sayin'. . . .<br /><br />Even when my family didn't like what I was doing, disapproved in fact, they didn't furlough me. So you're right on about the family rhetoric too, Rox. <br /><br />I'll fall over in a dead faint when I hear that an administrator has recommended his or her own pay cut in order to address budget shortfalls. . . .<br />--GooseGoosenoreply@blogger.com