Students, this is what your tuition is going towards: Petraeus $200k teachin 3 hrs/wk

[babylon1]

Having an affair and retiring from service means never having to go broke, if current reports from City University of New York are any indicator. CUNY is apparently paying CIA Director General David Petraeus $200,000 each year to teach for three hours per week. His class will be largely filled out by graduate student staff, who will handle “course research, administration, and grading.” Normal adjunct professors at CUNY make approximately $25,000 per year.

Actually, Petraeus could make even more than that. In February, then-chancellor Matthew Goldstein offered Petraeus “a salary of $200,000 per annum, supplemented by funds from a private gift. While I do not yet have a commitment for such a gift, Sid Goodfriend and I agreed that, working together, we can make it a reality.”

 

[Icantspell]

the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

 

[LionofJudah]

And he gets paid over 200K yearly for the rest of his life just for being a 'general.'

 

[Rawtid]

He has a PhD what you thought he was gonna work at Wal-Mart and bag your purchases? Plus he has 30 years of military service. Poor and uneducated people are the ones that can't fukk up.

 

[88m3]

Makes me want to take a few courses at a cuny just so I can tell people such a ridiculous thing.

 

[GoPro]

I go to a CUNY school

And it's crazy that those evening professors make 25k a year for 3-6 hours a week of work when they all suck.

 

[Type Username Here]

And he gets paid over 200K yearly for the rest of his life just for being a 'general.'

What is wrong with a Pension?

You don't think that employees who put in time deserve a pension?

 

[LionofJudah]

What is wrong with a Pension?

You don't think that employees who put in time deserve a pension?

Did I say anything was wrong with a pension?

 

[Type Username Here]

Did I say anything was wrong with a pension?

Seemed like it. My apologies if I assumed erroneously.

 

[714562]

CUNY is Paying David Petraeus $200,000 to Work Three Hours a Week

Why so much? It turns out Petraeus became a coveted commodity among America's most prestigious schools soon after F.B.I. agents uncovered his Gmail-aided affair with Paula Broadwell. (Indeed, he's also teaching at USC.) But it seems like he's far less coveted among wealthy donors. When asked if the "private gift" sought to fund Petraeus's salary had been nailed down — less than a month before Petraeus begins teaching — the school's Director of Communications emailed back: "The University is in the process of fundraising for this position."

Despite CUNY's premium offer, Petraeus, a product of West Point and Princeton, needed to be persuaded about associating with a less-than-Ivy-caliber school like CUNY. In one email, he brags to CUNY dean Ann Kirschner:

The truth is that I could have had gotten more money or more prestigious places (you won't believe what USC will pay per week) but Matt and you convinced me that this was the principal place to teach.

Unfortunately, Petraeus does not reveal what USC is paying him. (Do you know?) But he does reveal that he landed a fellowship at Harvard's Kennedy School. Which is noteworthy for the fact that HKS is where Petraeus met his biographer and future mistress in 2006. Maybe that's why Harvard has yet to announce his appointment.

The article says that salary has now been reduced to 150k.

Otherwise, I guess it kiiiinda makes sense. He's going to be teaching part time at USC and be a fellow at Harvard. So his remaining hours were priced at a premium.

 

[babylon1]

a janitor deserves just as much

 

[Box Cutta]

And he gets paid over 200K yearly for the rest of his life just for being a 'general.'

I couldn't believe hearing some of the perks these guys get. That whole scandal really exposed a lot of bullshyt.

 

[unit321]

a janitor deserves just as much

That's communism. I don't co-sign on that.

 

[babylon1]

That's communism. I don't co-sign on that.

call it what you want. i call it fairness

 

[sm0ke]

call it what you want. i call it fairness

the janitor didn't invest in himself/herself as much as Petraeus has.