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In article <greg.677463076@ogre> greg@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Gregory TRAVIS) writes:
>In <1991Jun20.040659.833@gtephx.UUCP> robertsw@gtephx.UUCP (Wild Rider) writes:
>
>>In article <91168.172101FC137501@ysub.ysu.edu> FC137501@ysub.ysu.edu
>>(Paul M. Mullins) writes:
>>>
>>>The available position is at the rank of Assistant Professor.  Salary
>>>range is (up to) $39,000 for a nine-month academic appointment.
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>>	shouldn't this be posted to rec.humor or submitted to
>>	rec.humor.funny?  i mean, seriously... a ph.d. in c.s.
>>	working for "(up to) $39,000"?  well, it sure made _me_ laugh!
>
>Please note that the job posted was for a nine-month appointment.
>$39,000 divided by nine and multiplied by twelve is $52,000.  $13K a year
>is worth it to some people who like to travel and/or do things other
>than work for a living virtually every day of the year.

Hey, I'm in another country, and even *I* know that American colleges
expect their faculty to attract research funds to make up the other
three months of salary.  At most of these places, if you try taking
3 month holidays every summer your job will probably be advertised on the
net again in a very short time.
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		    Brian Thomson,	    CSRI Univ. of Toronto
		    utcsri!uthub!thomson, thomson@hub.toronto.edu