Also see: UMass Fee F***
UMass Worth Every Penny
"Some UMass unions agree to wage freeze
Faculty members at the Boston and Amherst campuses of the University of Massachusetts have agreed to a three-year contract that freezes their wages for the current academic year. After more than a year of negotiations, unions of faculty members and librarians at the two campuses reached a tentative deal Friday with university officials. The new contract raises salaries by 1.5 percent in the coming academic year and 3.5 percent the following year. The full unions are expected to ratify the agreement in the next two weeks. At UMass-Amherst, full professors earn an average of $117,000 a year. Faculty members earn an average of $90,000, according to university data....
That's all? I thought they did better than that.
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Here is where the REAL MONEY is GOING, readers:
"UMass employees top list of highest-paid state workers; Patrick ranked 1,076th in tally" by Andrea Estes, Globe Staff | February 11, 2009
More than 175 state employees were paid $200,000 or more last year, including more than 150 University of Massachusetts administrators and professors, 13 of whom made $400,000 or more, according to a payroll report released yesterday.
The state's top earner was Derek Lovley, associate dean of UMass-Amherst's College of Natural Resources and the Environment. Lovley, a specialist on biofuels, made $613,000, according to data made public yesterday by the state's Office of the Comptroller. He was followed by UMass Medical School Chancellor Michael F. Collins, who made $609,000.
Five other UMass administrators were paid between $459,000 and $549,000, followed by UMass president Jack Wilson, who received $436,000.
Also among the top earners was James Julian, UMass executive vice president and former chief of staff to former Senate president William M. Bulger. Julian joined Bulger when Bulger became the school's president in early 1996. Also among the state's highest moneymakers were the head basketball coach at UMass, Derek Kellogg, who made $260,000, and the school's head football coach, Donald A. Brown, who made $233,000.
Is that REALLY the BEST USE of the UNIVERSITY'S MONEY!!!
I'LL DO the JOB for A LOT LESS!!!!!
And the BASKETBALL TEAM AIN'T WORTH IT!! They stink!
Brown left to take a coaching job with the University of Maryland. The university's athletic director, Dana Skinner, made $192,000, while the men's head ice hockey coach, Blaise MacDonald, was paid $178,000.
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