http://www.dailycardinal.com/commerce/my-prof-makes-more-than-yours.htmlThe typical university student is surrounded by financial jargon and buzzwords as they maneuver through his or her college years. By the end of four years, students know that professors are paid obscenely high salaries, parking costs are impossible and segregated fees are why we all have to eat Ramen. All these topics sound familiar enough, but upon further investigation, the average student�s knowledge about the actual facts surrounding these issues is minimal at best.
For instance, most students know that it takes years of education to teach at the university level and that warrants a paycheck. But not many know they can see how much this paycheck is.
ââ?¬Å?The public has a right to know the salaries and budgets since itââ?¬â?¢s their money,ââ?¬Â Brian Campbell, a freshman at UW-Madison, said.