There is a proverb in some countries which can be translated as:

"He is not crazy - the one who eats the cake, but the one who gives the cake
for nothing."

Can I also apply for a cake?
Just kidding.
Jordan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Raphael" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: [SDOH] On another labour note...


> Prof on leave paid $390,000
>
> Toronto Star
> Apr. 10, 2006. 01:00 AM
> DANIEL GIRARD, EDUCATION REPORTER
>
> In a move the faculty association calls offensive, the University of
> Toronto paid nearly $390,000 in salary and taxable benefits last year to
an
> English professor on leave.
>
> Shirley Neuman, who in early 2004 abruptly left her post as the
> university's provost, or chief academic officer, has been on what school
> brass call a "research and administrative leave" for the past two years,
> pulling down nearly triple what her teaching colleagues earn.
>
> Neuman had a salary of $351,972 plus $36,750 in taxable benefits last
year,
> according to recently released salary disclosure figures from the
> provincial finance ministry.
>
> "I can't discuss details of the package," Rose Patten, chair of U of T's
> governing council, said of the severance terms. But, she added, Neuman has
> now retired "so you will not be seeing this in the future."
>
> Neuman was dean of literature, science and the arts at the University of
> Michigan in Ann Arbor when she was lured back to her native Canada in 2002
> by then-university president Robert Birgeneau. It was a move that proved
> controversial because she was chosen over more popular on-campus
> candidates.
>
> Neuman was paid a salary of $336,352 plus taxable benefits of $52,272 in
> 2003, her only full year in the provost position.
>
> When Neuman resigned in February 2004, 19 months after taking the job, she
> cited "compelling personal reasons."
>
> Neuman could not be located for comment.
>
> U of T faculty association president George Luste called the salary issue
> an "unfortunate" one for the university that appears to represent "a
golden
> parachute for her sudden departure as provost."
>
> While acknowledging he doesn't know the terms of Neuman's severance, Luste
> said: "I believe it offends most, if not all, of my faculty colleagues who
> are hard working and will never achieve this level of annual income." The
> average salary of a U of T professor in 2004-05 was $134,680.
>
> Luste said it's even harder to accept at a time when funds are scarce at
> the university, budget cuts are looming and faculty positions are likely
to
> go unfilled.
>
> But Patten, a senior officer at the Bank of Montreal, rejected any
> suggestions the university acted inappropriately.
>
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