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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by chrisweekly on Saturday September 14, 2024 @01:55PM (#41541508)
> "Teaching is relatively well paid"

Compared to what? In the US, teachers are absolutely underpaid relative to their similarly-educated and -skilled peers in other professions.

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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by schaefer on Saturday September 14, 2024 @07:59PM (#41544041)
You forgot to mention teachers in the US are also overworked.
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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by chrisweekly on Sunday September 15, 2024 @11:26AM (#41548054)
Sure -- though that's almost just two ways of describing the same thing. If teachers were paid $500k, few would describe them as overworked, and if they only had to work 4-hour days (with current salaries and benefits), they might be fairly compensated.
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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by robertlagrant on Monday September 16, 2024 @05:20AM (#41554249)
Compared to degrees that could struggle on average to pay back a loan, e.g. a degree in the humanities.
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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by chrisweekly on Monday September 16, 2024 @06:35PM (#41561874)
Not to be argumentative (really ), but that's borderline nonsensical; you're comparing a profession to a broad category of educational attainment. Teachers typically have a degree in the humanities. What other profession is so commonly viewed as underpaid?
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