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Buy your way to a title (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago by ramble81@lemmy.zip to c/linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works

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I don’t know how “lunatic” this is. But this was an ad I just saw pop up, which is an amazing slap in the face to everyone who has worked for that title.

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[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Our head of school was brought in from the outside to "help navigate the new challenges in academia" (I.e. to make cuts). They hold the title "professor" (which outranks doctor by quite a bit).

During one of those awkward "get to know you" talks I just asked what her research speciality was (common icebreaker among academics); turns out she wasn't a researcher, had never done a PhD, and had gotten the job on managerial experience.

In cases like this, the joke is that "oh, so the chair is the professor" (it's common to become a professor when head of school, you lose the title when your rotation is over); in cases like the OP it should transfer to "oh, so your wallet is the doctor".