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...other perks, Verba said that University Professors receive higher compensation than most other faculty members. But the professors and administrators contacted for this article declined to comment on how much University Professors are generally paid. “It’s considered bad taste,” Verba said of discussing faculty salaries...
...California is not alone. Budget gaps are forcing officials in just about every state to scale back hours, reduce services and close even some of their most popular tracts of open space. But rather than panic, park officials are looking for alternative approaches to funding what was once exclusively paid for by the government. "After years of suffering budget cuts and scrambling for strategies to make ends meet, it's almost like parks people have had enough," says Phil McKnelly, executive director of the National Association of State Park Directors, an industry group in Raleigh, N.C. "People finally realize there...
...which they practice, nurse practitioners, with advanced training often including master's degrees in nursing, can often treat patients and diagnose ailments as well as prescribe medication. And they can do these things at a lower cost than doctors - Medicare, for example, reimburses nurse practitioners 85% of what is paid to doctors for the same services...
...original version of this article stated that Medicare reimburses nurse practitioners 80% of what is paid to doctors for the same services, when the correct figure is 85%. It also misidentified Jan Towers, health-policy director for the Academy of Nurse Practitioners, as Jan Powers...
...Britain's military operations in Afghanistan has more than trebled, from $1.3 billion in 2006-'07 to $4.4 billion in 2008-'09. And there are indications that the British public's patience is wearing thin. Last month a decision by the Ministry of Defense to try to reduce compensation paid to injured soldiers sparked a backlash that forced the MOD to reverse its decision. (See TIME's photos of art in war-torn Afghanistan...