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Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says by bradleyjg on Sunday September 08, 2019 @03:25PM (#20912768)
If universities are profit maximizing entities why do they get preferential tax treatment?
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Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says by ldoughty on Sunday September 08, 2019 @05:29PM (#20913550)
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

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Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says by bradleyjg on Sunday September 08, 2019 @08:21PM (#20914239)
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.

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