Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
On Tuesday, [Smatresk] froze all [UNLV] hiring
Notice how Smatresk put out (and filled) a RUSH ORDER to hire a new Athletic Director ($295K) and Head Football Coach ($450K). The latter then rushed to round out his assistant coaching staff (~$125K each).
Smatresk himself makes ~$300K.
The only departments which are SAFE from cuts are the ones that provide academic cover to dunderhead JOCKS. Departments like Sociology, Kinesiology, and University (AKA Interdisciplinary) Studies.
The idea of charging higher tuition to science students is perhaps most outrageous of all. The mission of the University is to train the next generation of applied scientists. Indeed, as UNR was set up, applied science majors were supposed to pay ZERO (or maybe just nominal tuition). Liberal arts majors -- if there was even a place for them -- would be the ones required to pay the full, unsubsidized cost of their educations. Of course, the political ideology of egalitarianism led to both groups paying the same.
But *now* the redistributionist scheme is to make science majors pay the *most*. And only the JOCKS ride for free.
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