Re:Why I will never pursue cheating again
by kmm on Sunday July 17, 2011 @08:19PM
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I can sympathize with him, as it seems he actually loses money if his student evaluations aren't high enough. The fault would then lie with the institution that doesn't properly asses the teaching prowess of a professor.
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Re:Why I will never pursue cheating again
by justin_vanw on Sunday July 17, 2011 @08:22PM
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Perhaps next semester he should teach 'business ethics' in which he can explain to his students that when confronted with the choice of 'do what you think is right' and 'maximize your income', he went with the latter.
He doesn't lose money, he gets a smaller raise.
Re:Why I will never pursue cheating again
by bendmorris on Sunday July 17, 2011 @10:14PM
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Semantics. He didn't get money that he would have received otherwise. I think it's fair to say he lost money.
Getting a raise less than the rate of inflation is losing money. His purchasing power declined.
The article does not make the claim that his raise was lower than the rate of inflation. If it was, then yes, it was effectively losing money.
From the article: "my yearly salary increase was the lowest ever, and significantly lower than inflation"