Thank you for the enlightenment. I was hoping someone would open up the pandora’s box of “higher education” and explain to mere mortals that these state employees are paid to NOT teach (probably why Mr. Shultze avoided answering the question).

Could these holier than thous somehow untangle themselves from all their “research” (some companies call this surfing the internet) and at least teach ONE actual class each semester? It would only be 3 hours in a classroom out of a 40 hour week for God’s sake.

Three tech schools and three public universities – it’s so logical, it’s painful.

- SSHM

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Mr. Shultze, thank you for your response – you may want to find out the answer to the question – it might enlighten you to some of the under-worked professors and assistant professors in higher education.

I am sure there are some that work long hours and are diligent and I am equally sure there are some that are grossly under-worked and THAT is were folks with your capacity should shine a light on and cut.

Will: The Board of Regents in Georgia actually works out great because they’re in charge of both setting tuition and distributing lottery money. Since their lottery scholarship pays for the entire tuition (not a set amount), every time the Board raises tuition they have to use up their lottery money to pay for it, giving some serious budget restraint. Perhaps SC should look into this system as a way to keep down tuition.

Remember that sic(k) willie once claimed a Midlands’ elected official has a Strom problem? And he promised and promised for weeks to bring us details.

And he once claimed the gub’ner paid off the family of a “poor little black girl” in Beaufort. Again he promised and promised details. Still waiting.

One day when sic(k) willie was really seeking attention, he filed a FOI demand for the gub’ner’s laptop saying it was used “inappropriately.” Yawn.

We could list willie-scams for hours and hours. But, it serves no purpose.

Just remember that sic(k) willie is best known for his CDV conviction, being fired by the governor and SC Hotline and for the trail of empty beer cans he has been known to leave from the Vista to his residence.

Even now we suspect sic(k) willie is working on his next willie scam. Whatever it is it will be funded by the usual suspects. We can hardly wait.

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At USC, for example there are 529 people that make over $100,000 a year and 37 making over $200,000 a year. Give me a break.

And the total budget numbers are relevant because that’s what spent at these schools and it all comes from taxpayers and students…most of whom are children of taxpayers.

The problem wiht our state’s higher ed system is NOT that we need to put more of our taxes into this highly inefficient system. It is that there are way too many campuses each wasting way too much money with not enough emphasis on educating students.

James, I cannot answer your question but can tell you that our professors and doctors teach more than one class a year. In addition, they have to teach in clinical settings also. I might also add that they have to do their research in between the teaching and the clinical rounds. I would not want their jobs.

As a taxpayer, I agree that under normal conditions, I would expect professors to teach more than one class a year or even more than one class per semester.