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Re: Sabbatical replacement and Dollars



On Wed, 20 May 1998 12:13:39 -0400 Herbert H. Gottlieb said:
When new ones are needed by industry, rather than offer increased
wages to attract them, we import them from overseas where wages
are even lower than they are here. Will the same thing happen to
the jobs of college physics professors in the USA?

Hasn't this already happened in many areas? Engineering is the area where
it has been most evident to me.

It has certainly happened here, and they get premium salaries
(called "market differentials") as well.

Leigh