Education: Confirmation

Last week a survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed what a lot of college professors have known all along: scientists in private industry and government get more pay than those on college and university faculties. Reported the bureau, after a study of some 28,000 Ph.D.s listed in the biographical directory American Men of Science: the median faculty salary is $4,860 a year, compared with $7,070 in industry, $6,280 in government.

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