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Old 04-11-2008, 09:05 PM   #18
Mikalye
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Does MIT pay its humanities professors a lot?
Unless things have changed significantly since I was there, the answer is no (obvious stars excepted). Salaries are almost always determined by supply and demand and for humanities academics, supply outstrips demand. Note that this applies primarily to junior faculty, at senior levels, most have proven themselves worthy, or left. But even if they have stayed, if they are not likely to be sought out and poached by a rival organisation, then they are unlikely to be especially highly compensated.
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