AP:Ex-WSU provost makes $245K teaching part-time
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Philosopher and revolutionary Karl Marx touted sharing the wealth in class-divided Europe. So what would he think about $245,000 a year to teach one class on the Russian revolution?
That’s what Washington State University is paying Steven Hoch. He was briefly hired as the school’s provost, but the arrangement fell apart after a hallway altercation with a colleague. A twist in Hoch’s contract turned him into an extremely expensive part-time history professor.
The incident left some questioning the university’s hiring practices, while faculty members praise the addition of a respected scholar — despite the irony of the subject matter — for a department they say is short-staffed.
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