Mike Machnik wrote:
> When you look at it that way, it makes sense to put money into
> areas that will do the school the most good - because a winning
> football team, for instance, often leads to more research dollars,
 
Au contraire -- who does or doesn't receive research dollars is generally
determined by peer review of grant proposals or by internal review at
Government agencies. All my experience shows that among these reviewers a
school's jock status is, at best, a neutral factor and, at worst, a negative
factor (if the proposal is peer-reviewed by someone like Tony :-).
 
Dave Hendrickson wrote:
> Second, coaching vs. teaching exhibits the classic security vs. money
> tradeoff.  I work at Hewlett-Packard because I like the security (among
other
> things), even though I could make a lot more at a startup or less secure
> company.
 
Then there are folks like me, who work for a defense contractor so we can
have both a low salary and a lack of job security.
 
Bob Stagat