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How to handle pay inequity in academia

I just found out that the visiting professor they hired makes forty thousand more than me even though I have been here for twelve years and we teach the same classes.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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After twelve years, you found out a newcomer earns far more than you for the same work.

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