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‘We are losing ground’: Professors log 55-hour weeks as pay stagnates and states question their workloads
Public universities helped make American higher education a draw for students and researchers worldwide. Now lawmakers and governing boards from Kansas to Utah want proof that the professors who teach there work hard enough.
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Public universities helped make American higher education a draw for students and researchers worldwide. Now lawmakers and governing boards from Kansas to Utah want proof that the professors who teach there work hard enough. Faculty say the premise is backward. Professors who spoke with Fortune describe 55-hour weeks, departments that have shrunk by as much as half, and raises that haven’t kept pace with inflation.
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