UP losing best brains

**Steeljack** · January 27th, 2006 10:18 PM

nangkupo paktay, ano na lang natira sa peyups mga polpol na propesor, buti na lang tapos na ko dun...

The state-run University of the Philippines is losing its top-rate scientists and professors to private companies because it cannot afford to pay them higher salaries.

**NightRock** · January 27th, 2006 10:56 PM

that's the reality...

**wulf** · January 27th, 2006 11:09 PM

lahat naman na naging professors natin dun are either nationalists or those who are after the prestige of teaching in peyups.they make money not from teaching but from research grants or consultancies/jobs outside the university.now if private companies are getting everyone to work full-time, now we really do have a problem!talo na nga sa facilities & equipment, outdated pa curriculum, now mawawalan na din ng top minds?haay,kawawang mga isko!to the streets ulit!makibaka! =p

**flakez** · January 27th, 2006 11:18 PM

ganyan talaga, sa liit ng sweldo nila talagang mapipilitan sila mgahanap ng iba. besides, ung iba naman diyan may ibang work din. ang problema nga tulad nung sabi ni wulf na pag kelangan mag full-time na sila. syempre pipiliin nila ung sa private company kasi malaki sweldo.

**Bogeyman** · January 27th, 2006 11:28 PM

Tagal nang problema yan.

Actually, even the students are not spared. Multi-national corporations offer to fund their research/theses/dissertations, with the promise of immediate and lucrative employment after graduation.

**oldblue** · January 28th, 2006 12:13 AM

d'bat ganyan din naman sa mga ivy league universities

**konde** · January 28th, 2006 12:49 AM

Originally Posted by wulf

lahat naman na naging professors natin dun are either nationalists or those who are after the prestige of teaching in peyups.they make money not from teaching but from research grants or consultancies/jobs outside the university.now if private companies are getting everyone to work full-time, now we really do have a problem!talo na nga sa facilities & equipment, outdated pa curriculum, now mawawalan na din ng top minds?haay,kawawang mga isko!to the streets ulit!makibaka! =p

amen!

wawa naman 'UP nating mahal'.

**nugundam93** · January 28th, 2006 01:45 AM

nakupow. sana ok pa rin sa MA level...

pero this is definitely not good news.

**Alpha_One** · January 28th, 2006 10:55 PM

It isn't old news either. And it's not limited to UP; buong public educational system problema yan.

I've got enough reason to worry about that being in UP at the moment. It's not simply "dumbing down" either, for example this sem some of my batchmates didn't get a certain major because of a shortage of classes. I'm lucky to have gotten a slot on my first attempt, but even though they opened another class a week after enrolment, some were still left out.

I can't worry too much about it though. Baka ma-headline sa kule "Estudyante ng Eng'g Tinalon ang AS..."

**empy** · January 28th, 2006 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by oldblue

d'bat ganyan din naman sa mga ivy league universities

not really. tenured profs at top US universities typically make the low six figures in USD, and they also do consulting, collect money from book royalties, etc. so it's a pretty good living assuming you can spend hundreds of thousands of $$ and at least 10 years of your life getting trained.

it's a way for people who just love teaching and research to make a great living without being in the rat race or having a super-high pressure job.

my late ninang used to be a full professor at UP and she told me that there's no way you could make even a good living on a UP prof's salary - even at the highest levels. however, she also said that most professors aren't in it for the money anyway. she herself lived a very modest lifestyle.