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Author Naomi Schaefer Riley argues that the lack of productivity from tenured professors is impacting the cost of education.
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A bigger reason why the cost of college is so high listen to -- a formal college chancellor says about those jobs quoting now directly.
They teach only nine to fifteen hours a week.
They get a one month winter vacation.
Three months off in the summer.
And they get the same pay as people with similar degrees in other professions.
This article comes to us from the Washington Post it was.
The most -- -- read that article in the Washington Post yesterday -- was Schaefer Riley is with us she's the all the although the faculty lounges whose title says -- gold Gaza -- Is that that these professes.
Canada don't these articles is in a world -- -- is that really a major reason want college costs -- so on.
Well if you think about what could happen if you actually put them to work year round or made them work more hours you can obviously afford to have many fewer professors on the job I mean you could.
Basically say look.
Summer vacation why why -- college professor -- summer vacation -- their their fuel we're gonna go on some kind of research trip.
But for the most part -- students actually want to get through college faster I think many of them.
-- what actually take you -- if you offered a semester over the summer I think many of them would say what I'd like to get to college in three years or two years.
You know why don't we month long vacation in December -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Why don't things change I mean David -- You've got -- a son and daughter Boston College spending 60000 a year I mean that's why switch from print or broadcast available over the bills but thought what killed -- as I added up all the time off and it's not only did three months vacations not want the one month.
That you -- for winter break but then there's a week's spring -- -- -- weak winter break he added up its five months off that they're getting -- 200000 multiply that times two.
To get the real -- -- the people is a high rate is David here I'd countless palace in the same situation pang a nominal -- why no change.
Look there's no change in the -- system and you we have an agrarian.
Calendar for our kindergarten through twelve system right now that hasn't changed why don't why doesn't wasn't -- greater need the summer off I have no idea they lose a lot of it's he had -- can't to Dan's point to be five -- somewhere along -- lines -- been -- rationale for this there have been a very mean very fractional so so first of all really -- start with an agrarian calendar this idea that you know it was school and for school you needed X amount of months off during particular seasons.
But it's also -- things like during the oil crisis you know in the seventies a lot of colleges -- -- week off their calendars to save money on oil and it -- it -- You -- That tomorrow morning if you have the power -- you with a king of the colleges -- -- -- -- -- -- that terribly sorry -- -- with a credible colleges won't even tomorrow morning well I would certainly eliminate tenure I would refocus college professors on teaching I would say all of this in these excuses about needing more time to do research are ridiculous I would -- spend more -- in the classroom.
Spend more hours -- papers -- eliminate summer vacation I'd cut.
December vacation until like two weeks at most I'd probably chemical week but -- -- Don't you wouldn't less than I would -- -- you lamented the as a reporter -- go visit these colleges I call and can I come when classes are in session.
Well next week you can't come the week after that we have finals we got a call.
You know you're always been my queen of the -- -- -- -- back -- pretty good let's look at it Naomi Schaefer Riley.
Also all of the faculty lounges love that title now you know that tobacco they've only tell Andrew.
