Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says
by throwawayjava on Sunday September 08, 2019 @05:47PM
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The top schools aren't the ones who need to worry, and it's not the famous professors who need to be retained.
It's the mid and low ranked schools who are facing competitive pressures from alternative options.
Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says
by bradleyjg on Sunday September 08, 2019 @03:25PM
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If universities are profit maximizing entities why do they get preferential tax treatment?
Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says
by ldoughty on Sunday September 08, 2019 @05:29PM
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Paying employees more is not profit-centric... I'm not sure about your argument here ..
University athletics is certainly a profit center, but research and general operations is devoid of cash, even at R1 institutions. I struggle to find money for salary and most private industries will offer 20% more for any employee I hire
Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says
by bradleyjg on Sunday September 08, 2019 @08:21PM
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Quoting the grandparent post:
The students are paying to go to <top name school>, not (very often) because they want to be taught by <top name professor>. From the university's perspective, there's little financial incentive to retain that top talent.
If that’s how a university makes decisions then I don’t think it ought to get tax advantages.
The students are paying to go to <top name school>, not (very often) because they want to be taught by <top name professor>. From the university's perspective, there's little financial incentive to retain that top talent. Making it worse, the professor isn't being stolen by a competitor (another university) where students might spend their money instead.
In short, if you're asking for the free market to solve this problem, it has- from the professors' perspective.
Edit: put another way, these professors can earn the private industry far more money than they can the university. Often a lot more. Salary competition between such pairs of actors will always result in the same thing.