Inside Higher Ed: Professor for Hire
Readers of The Washington Post were treated on Thursday to the latest salacious details of the “D.C. Madam” trial, a federal racketeering case in which prosecutors are attempting to prove that Deborah Jeane Palfrey’s escort service was really an illegal, high-class prostitution ring. The proceedings, and the mythical list of clients she’s dangled in front of the press, have already ensnared politicians and others far outside Washington’s orbit. Now it’s higher education’s turn to get roped in.
In Wednesday’s testimony, a former academic and university department chair took the stand and admitted to earning some extra income on the side: $250 per sexual encounter as an employee of Pamela Martin & Associates.
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