BU will shell out $242 million to its faculty this year--a figure that has nearly doubled in the past six years alone.
In the meantime, students complain that they are stuck paying $33,000 for less-than-committed professors.
BU Provost Dennis Berkey acknowledges that faculty accessibility is a problem.
"I don't want to walk through a department at 10 a.m. and see many of the doors shut," he told the Boston Globe. "If a student decides to come in on a Wednesday at 2 p.m., needing to talk to a faculty member, they shouldn't be told to come back tomorrow."
The entire BU faculty will formally review the report at an assembly on Nov. 15.
Harvard students are paying a comparable amount for their education--and those interviewed yesterday said they were satisfied with their investments.
"For the most part I've found that my professors have been very accessible. They care passionately not only about writing grants and pursuing research, but also and perhaps even more so about teaching and developing the next generation," said Amy Chen '01.
"It's just a matter of student initiative," said Benjamin L. McKean '02.
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