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http://chronicle.com/article/From-Graduate-School-to/131795/...
High-end Up-to-no-good University Cumskin
  05/08/12
I find it horrifying that she thinks her work is worth anyth...
Fragrant meetinghouse
  05/08/12
"Highly educated" made me chuckle. I wonder how...
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Doobsian lemon sound barrier garrison
  05/08/12
lol http://uci.academia.edu/MelissaBruningaMatteau/About ...
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  05/08/12
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  05/08/12
Estimated yearly salary $8k.
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  05/08/12
As part of transitioning to a sensible model of higher educa...
Fragrant meetinghouse
  05/08/12
She is being paid in medieval dollars.
internet-worthy multi-colored sandwich mexican
  05/08/12
LOL, just LOL at shitprofs teaching shitsubjects at shitcoll...
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Fragrant meetinghouse
  05/08/12
what kind of prole thinks medieval history is a shit subject...
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This site has become infested with Santorum-esque conservata...
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  05/08/12
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Excitant navy degenerate old irish cottage
  06/20/12
No one is paying loans to go to Yavapai College.
lascivious library
  06/20/12
she can probably take accounting classes for free/cheap at h...
Blathering Kitty Cat Black Woman
  05/08/12
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Not surprising that someone who's spent all her life studyin...
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Fragrant meetinghouse
  05/08/12
why can't it ever be a science/math STEM PhD in one of these...
Excitant navy degenerate old irish cottage
  05/08/12
there are people who did humanities phd at top schools and t...
avocado pea-brained pocket flask faggotry
  05/08/12
by the way, if she could find a teaching job at a community ...
avocado pea-brained pocket flask faggotry
  05/08/12
$60k with health insurance to teach chill students at CC is ...
titillating spruce dingle berry
  05/08/12
yes, I mean full-time job at CC. one of my relatives is t...
avocado pea-brained pocket flask faggotry
  05/08/12
keep talking shit about public ivies breh
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You mean a tenure-track position? Is anyone, anywhere even ...
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  05/08/12
why don't people in shit higher ed gun for high school teach...
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  05/08/12
i know of a phd chemist who did this. kind of sad though.
fishy gas station shitlib
  05/08/12
why?
Mustard shaky athletic conference national
  05/08/12
Me too. Guy ended up going off the deep end and cooking meth...
Fragrant meetinghouse
  05/08/12
i think that was a tv show.
fishy gas station shitlib
  05/08/12
I know a phd in bio who did that, too.
Obsidian Alcoholic Spot Boistinker
  05/08/12
"We socialize people into accepting the coin of reputat...
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  05/08/12
PRESTIGE BIGLAW (meanwhile a plumber in Oklahoma City ...
Exhilarant Orange Stead
  05/08/12
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Fragrant meetinghouse
  05/08/12
lol neurotypicals *plays with my 401k*
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Excitant navy degenerate old irish cottage
  06/20/12
good question. and they would have the summers off to do res...
Blathering Kitty Cat Black Woman
  05/08/12
Striver dreams die hard bro. People go into academia to be R...
Green Place Of Business Den
  06/20/12
People ITT act like there are no adjunct science or math pro...
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  05/08/12
Good thing they are cutting costs. I assume tuition will co...
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  05/08/12
science/math profs have much better options, so it's easy fo...
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  05/08/12
I hate to say it, but society should not punish people so se...
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  05/08/12
shoulda copped dat stem
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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:43 AM
Author: High-end Up-to-no-good University Cumskin

http://chronicle.com/article/From-Graduate-School-to/131795/

"I am not a welfare queen," says Melissa Bruninga-Matteau.

That's how she feels compelled to start a conversation about how she, a white woman with a Ph.D. in medieval history and an adjunct professor, came to rely on food stamps and Medicaid. Ms. Bruninga-Matteau, a 43-year-old single mother who teaches two humanities courses at Yavapai College, in Prescott, Ariz., says the stereotype of the people receiving such aid does not reflect reality. Recipients include growing numbers of people like her, the highly educated, whose advanced degrees have not insulated them from financial hardship.

"I find it horrifying that someone who stands in front of college classes and teaches is on welfare," she says.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643269)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:47 AM
Author: Fragrant meetinghouse

I find it horrifying that she thinks her work is worth anything at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643293)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:14 AM
Author: scarlet razzle friendly grandma business firm

"Highly educated" made me chuckle.

I wonder how long one might slum it on loan money + $10-20k salary for the opportunity to scratch some weird medieval fetish in front of a roomful of bored undergrads.

And I get a kick out of "welfare queen" coming from someone who probably participates in Renaissance festivals.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643466)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:18 AM
Author: Doobsian lemon sound barrier garrison

180

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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:14 PM
Author: Vibrant Forum Famous Landscape Painting

lol

http://uci.academia.edu/MelissaBruningaMatteau/About

https://plus.google.com/112599551828027848185/about

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643821)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:38 PM
Author: spectacular underhanded bawdyhouse private investor

ty

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Date: June 20th, 2012 3:24 PM
Author: amber vigorous cuckold goal in life

Totally irresponsible broad, "studying" dat shit with kids depending on her.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20922144)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:44 AM
Author: boyish locale striped hyena



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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:45 AM
Author: big umber factory reset button candlestick maker

Estimated yearly salary $8k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643285)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:46 AM
Author: Fragrant meetinghouse

As part of transitioning to a sensible model of higher education, probably 60-70% of professors need to basically lose their jobs and retool themselves.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643288)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:47 AM
Author: internet-worthy multi-colored sandwich mexican

She is being paid in medieval dollars.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643294)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:25 AM
Author: heady temple chad

LOL, just LOL at shitprofs teaching shitsubjects at shitcolleges complaining about their shitpay, when said colleges already charge tuition well in excess of the (non-existant) value they provide, and would promptly go out of business if not for federally subsidized loans

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643527)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:11 PM
Author: Fragrant meetinghouse



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Date: May 8th, 2012 2:54 PM
Author: fishy gas station shitlib

what kind of prole thinks medieval history is a shit subject?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644720)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:31 PM
Author: Salmon swashbuckling stage genital piercing



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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:47 PM
Author: Obsidian Alcoholic Spot Boistinker

This site has become infested with Santorum-esque conservatards with absolutely no culture and with prole aspirations of pharmacy jobs.

Disclosure: I have one of those STEM degrees from an elite college that XOXO jerks off so hard to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645368)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 1:51 PM
Author: Excitant navy degenerate old irish cottage

tmfcq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20921713)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 2:50 PM
Author: lascivious library

No one is paying loans to go to Yavapai College.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20921970)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:27 AM
Author: Blathering Kitty Cat Black Woman

she can probably take accounting classes for free/cheap at her school, which would let her sit for the CPA.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643536)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:02 PM
Author: Mustard shaky athletic conference national

tcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644771)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:38 AM
Author: Floppy mother

Not surprising that someone who's spent all her life studying feudalism can't grasp how salaries are determined in capitalist systems.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643581)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:39 AM
Author: Excitant navy degenerate old irish cottage



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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:11 PM
Author: Fragrant meetinghouse



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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:39 AM
Author: Excitant navy degenerate old irish cottage

why can't it ever be a science/math STEM PhD in one of these stories. they always have to ridicule the professor of "medieval studies."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643589)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:50 AM
Author: avocado pea-brained pocket flask faggotry

there are people who did humanities phd at top schools and then did cpa or jd to become 'real' proefssionals, while teaching a class or two for pure interest. however, these are genuinely bright and versatile people.

there are people with mediocre intellect who can't switch fields. they are not that bright in their own fields anyway.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643661)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:18 PM
Author: avocado pea-brained pocket flask faggotry

by the way, if she could find a teaching job at a community college, she'll have a cool, credited life. does not have to be a professor at a research university, for which she is not that eligible anyway.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643852)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:21 PM
Author: titillating spruce dingle berry

$60k with health insurance to teach chill students at CC is living the good life. $8k as a part-time teacher for online classes is not a career.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643875)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:23 PM
Author: avocado pea-brained pocket flask faggotry

yes, I mean full-time job at CC.

one of my relatives is teaching at CC even with a phd and he says a professor at a Research university earns more or less ... but with far more prestige.

actually, community college jobs would not be THAT difficult to find if her credentials have been better.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643895)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:23 PM
Author: Soul-stirring tanning salon

keep talking shit about public ivies breh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644899)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:04 PM
Author: bright glittery menage antidepressant drug

You mean a tenure-track position? Is anyone, anywhere even hiring for that type of thing anymore?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644777)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:04 PM
Author: Mustard shaky athletic conference national

why don't people in shit higher ed gun for high school teaching jobs? those pay much better with better benefits and it's not like they couldn't teach at a local shit community college at night.

some high schools would dig getting a phd on staff and would probably eventually let them teach AP classes or other specialized stuff for the AP kids. i had a teacher like that in HS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644784)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:06 PM
Author: fishy gas station shitlib

i know of a phd chemist who did this. kind of sad though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644791)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:09 PM
Author: Mustard shaky athletic conference national

why?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644814)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:11 PM
Author: Fragrant meetinghouse

Me too. Guy ended up going off the deep end and cooking meth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644824)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:14 PM
Author: fishy gas station shitlib

i think that was a tv show.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644843)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:48 PM
Author: Obsidian Alcoholic Spot Boistinker

I know a phd in bio who did that, too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645373)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:34 PM
Author: Confused theater puppy

"We socialize people into accepting the coin of reputation as status capital. Some people are so deeply socialized into the regime of payment by way of status that they are essentially trapped in it for life."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644943)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:36 PM
Author: Exhilarant Orange Stead

PRESTIGE

BIGLAW

(meanwhile a plumber in Oklahoma City outearns u)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644957)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:11 PM
Author: Fragrant meetinghouse



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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:19 PM
Author: Mustard shaky athletic conference national

lol neurotypicals

*plays with my 401k*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645186)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 2:07 PM
Author: Excitant navy degenerate old irish cottage



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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:17 PM
Author: Blathering Kitty Cat Black Woman

good question. and they would have the summers off to do research/publish/maybe teach an adjunct CC class.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645174)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 2:01 PM
Author: Green Place Of Business Den

Striver dreams die hard bro. People go into academia to be Richard Feynman or Harold Bloom, not to be supervised by some guy with a 3.3 in Education from Directional State U.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20921759)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:16 PM
Author: apoplectic new version indian lodge

People ITT act like there are no adjunct science or math profs.

I had a math prof who was basically begging students to write him good reviews at the end of the year because needed that extension to keep his 20K income going for his two classes he taught.

I guess its becoming less of a problem though because universities are just dumping these guys for TA's.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644851)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:19 PM
Author: Vibrant Forum Famous Landscape Painting

Good thing they are cutting costs. I assume tuition will come down shortly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644865)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:28 PM
Author: Bull headed clown stage

science/math profs have much better options, so it's easy for them to leave their shit ttteaching jobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644921)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:49 PM
Author: Twisted white parlor hairy legs

I hate to say it, but society should not punish people so severely for taking risks. This person could have ended up teaching in her field at a highly rated university, but didn't make it. So her only option is to teach as an adjunct at a cc for a few thousand? That's pretty severe. Obviously, once you realize the game, you have to retool yourself into a skillset that works for the economy. But I applaud her for going for the $80K/yr tenured job, even if she failed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645377)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:51 PM
Author: Excitant navy degenerate old irish cottage

shoulda copped dat stem

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645382)