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Rutgers university recently paid Nicole Polizzi - "Snooki" of Jersey Shore fame - $32,000 to give an hour-long talk about hairdos and partying.
Rutgers will pay Toni Morrison - a world renown author - $30,000 to give their commencement address (a bit less money).
Snooki is a former Vet Tech student at SUNY Ulster County Community College (I never knew that before - I found out in this story). Morrison has an M.A. in English from Cornell and won a Nobel Prize for literature (in addition to many other prestigious awards).
I'll refrain from commenting but it certainly does not surprise me given what society values today.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
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As a fellow community college teacher, I'm pleased that our students are finally getting the recognition they deserve!
ReplyDeleteOh...it's not April 1 anymore, is it?