Ishmael
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I'm starting this thread to use as a referral. As the subject has come up more than once in the past, and once again today, I figure I'll just type it once more and then use it as a link in the future.
A tenured research professor makes a salary of approx. $130,000/yr. This if he/she are in the hard sciences or engineering fields. This is an average across ALL US universities/colleges. Should the professor be at a major institution with a reputation for research in their field double that salary............minimum. And should they be a department chair or head, add 75% more. Further, at major institutions they, the chairs/heads will have on campus housing........gratis. No rent/mortgage, no utilities. And should they use their quarters for 'official' entertaining, they get to write that off on the expense account. Imagine being able to throw a party and have someone else pay for it! Being tenured they will be paid for life or until forced retirement based on the particular institutions policies. Damn near nothing short of the commission of capital murder can cause them to lose their jobs. And the retirements are generous, so much so that the government retirement benefits look like a pittance. And then there is all the expensed travel, a great deal international, to the meetings, symposiums, award ceremonies, etc. Oh, and throw in the 30day/yr. vacations and paid sabbaticals as well.
Of course all of this requires that the researcher bring grant monies into the institution. The grants may be issued to the researcher but the check is made out to the institution. The institution immediately grabs at east 30% (+/-) off the top. After all it is their real estate, equipment, secretaries, lawyers, accountants, etc. that are supporting all this research. So all of the benefits listed in the previous paragraph are contingent on the researcher bringing in the BIG grants. The remaining 70% (+/-) is used by the department to;
1. Do the research.
2. Grow the department.
Growing the department is very important in that the bigger the department, the more, and the bigger, the grants they can apply for.
A tenured research professor who is also a dept. chair/head at a major institution with a reputation in the field will be making $1,000,000 (+/-) in salary, benefits, and perks. While not quite in the class of a Zuckerberg or a Gates, they aren't to worried about where their next meal is coming from.
Obviously that is just a thumbnail sketch that assumes the reader can extrapolate all of the underlying detail on their own. But the point is that academic research is BIG fucking money with BIG fucking rewards for the researcher that brings home the bacon.
Ishmael
A tenured research professor makes a salary of approx. $130,000/yr. This if he/she are in the hard sciences or engineering fields. This is an average across ALL US universities/colleges. Should the professor be at a major institution with a reputation for research in their field double that salary............minimum. And should they be a department chair or head, add 75% more. Further, at major institutions they, the chairs/heads will have on campus housing........gratis. No rent/mortgage, no utilities. And should they use their quarters for 'official' entertaining, they get to write that off on the expense account. Imagine being able to throw a party and have someone else pay for it! Being tenured they will be paid for life or until forced retirement based on the particular institutions policies. Damn near nothing short of the commission of capital murder can cause them to lose their jobs. And the retirements are generous, so much so that the government retirement benefits look like a pittance. And then there is all the expensed travel, a great deal international, to the meetings, symposiums, award ceremonies, etc. Oh, and throw in the 30day/yr. vacations and paid sabbaticals as well.
Of course all of this requires that the researcher bring grant monies into the institution. The grants may be issued to the researcher but the check is made out to the institution. The institution immediately grabs at east 30% (+/-) off the top. After all it is their real estate, equipment, secretaries, lawyers, accountants, etc. that are supporting all this research. So all of the benefits listed in the previous paragraph are contingent on the researcher bringing in the BIG grants. The remaining 70% (+/-) is used by the department to;
1. Do the research.
2. Grow the department.
Growing the department is very important in that the bigger the department, the more, and the bigger, the grants they can apply for.
A tenured research professor who is also a dept. chair/head at a major institution with a reputation in the field will be making $1,000,000 (+/-) in salary, benefits, and perks. While not quite in the class of a Zuckerberg or a Gates, they aren't to worried about where their next meal is coming from.
Obviously that is just a thumbnail sketch that assumes the reader can extrapolate all of the underlying detail on their own. But the point is that academic research is BIG fucking money with BIG fucking rewards for the researcher that brings home the bacon.
Ishmael