tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post3495094326144337137..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Income disparity in higher edMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-27977929395869779072014-01-28T08:46:50.198-06:002014-01-28T08:46:50.198-06:00I wouldn’t gainsay Peter Drucker when it comes to ...I wouldn’t gainsay Peter Drucker when it comes to these things. :)<br /><br />With a forty-hour week at $20 an hour (that’s roughly the living wage for a small family in a metropolitan area), a 20:1 ratio yields a top salary of $832,000.<br /><br />Your response to solicitations seems to me sensible. As many observers have pointed out, no other nation’s colleges and universities have athletic programs like those of U.S. schools.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-72453711843442876942014-01-28T02:00:38.056-06:002014-01-28T02:00:38.056-06:00Thank you for the reply. Have you a ratio to recom...Thank you for the reply. Have you a ratio to recommend? <br /><br />As to coaches' salaries and such, I was asked to "give back" to my college via a several donation solicitations, when my earnings pales in comparison to the provost and coaches. I replied that my "share" could be obtained from them, and amusingly have had no further communication since then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-67822118155462849932014-01-27T08:29:29.195-06:002014-01-27T08:29:29.195-06:00A ratio of 30:1 (not mine) or 20:1 (not mine) invo...A ratio of 30:1 (not mine) or 20:1 (not mine) involves setting the highest salary in relation to the lowest, not the other way around. Look at what I wrote: “With a 30:1 ratio, the lowest-paid employee at the University of Alabama would earn a yearly income of $233,333. With a 20:1 ratio, $350,000. Given a forty-hour week, a 20:1 ratio translates to an hourly wage of $168. Plausible? No. But neither, to my mind, is the coach’s salary.”<br /><br />I like champagne but haven’t had a glass since 2012. I much prefer red wine and sour mash. I can’t vouch for Daughter Number Three or Peter Drucker. Cheers.<br />Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-25610533273820733512014-01-27T02:11:59.573-06:002014-01-27T02:11:59.573-06:00And in this time of a snowy Super Bowl, one notes ...And in this time of a snowy Super Bowl, one notes the $29.5 million dollar remuneration for the NFL top dog suggests that, at your 30:1 proposal, the custodian at the NFL offices should be receiving close to a million dollars a year. Carrying this further into media, the lower ranked employees at CBS and CNN and ABC should be getting a lot more, courtesy of the top talents' hoards of money. How about Oprah's lowest paid employee versus her billion dollars. All in all, the phenomenon of income inequality comes from all sides of the political spectrum, as from academia, the media and more. This is a delightful Pandora's box the champagne liberals -- a sometimes specious pejorative but not in the moment -- level at others. Mirrors often reflect some interesting blemishes for us all, liberal and conservative alike. I am enjoying immensely the infinite jest....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com