In 2011, 42 private college and university presidents received more than a million dollars each for their work. In 2012-13, the number of public university presidents receiving at least $1 million for their services more than doubled over the previous year.
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As the incomes of the 25 best-paid public university presidents soared, the livelihoods of their faculty deteriorated. This deterioration resulted largely from the fact that tenured and tenure-track faculty were replaced with adjuncts (part-time instructors, paid by the course) and contingents (temporary faculty). Many adjuncts have incomes below the official poverty level and receive food stamps.
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