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Re:Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 198... by mrguyorama on Monday July 10, 2023 @02:23PM (#36670773)
Are you kidding me? Half the faculty at any college, no matter the price, are adjuncts, who earn $2500 or so PER CLASS PER SEMESTER, while the 30 students in that class are charged $2500 EACH for that class. It's as close as you can get to free labor for knowledge work, basically the original Gig economy; Uber for teaching.
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Re:Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 198... by jjaken on Monday July 10, 2023 @07:49PM (#36674662)
Almost none of that is true
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Re:Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 198... by TecoAndJix on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @06:05AM (#36678736)
That adjunct pay seems low but not unheard of. Here is a thread I found on it [1]. The cost per student per class is not far off (at least at my state school). Assuming a 3-credit undergrad class at Penn State @$800 ($2400) [2].

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Professors/comments/un7uei/average_... [2] https://tuition.psu.edu/tuitiondynamic/tabledrivenrates.aspx...

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Re:Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 198... by mrguyorama on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @10:10AM (#36681224)
That's what my mom got paid for being an adjunct, 10 years in a row
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