a lot of the professoriate is not exactly comfortable. i meet members to teach who have no health care. they have no investment in a retirement system. e rough lives. that is the story. >> why go ahead of inflation that's correct more than half the undergraduates at in united states are in community colleges. did they pay $30 a credit. there are some families for which that is a stretch. more than half the graduates are paying low tuition. tuition has certainly risen. it is still $5,000 a year or less. that is a group of institutions were tuition is not high. tuition is obscenely high at the elite schools. if the university were to only somtake the money out of the endowment, it endowment would still grow. free tuition they still have more money in the bank and they did at the beginning. why's tuition so high? in part because they can. there is an identification of excellence. this is a country believe if they pay a lot for something it is valuable. most irritants do not overpay. a cigna began subset -- most students do not overpay. a sig

the quality of the tenured professoriate has declined. the competition for the few jobs could hardly be more intense. >> how many professors are there in united states? >> 300,000. i am sorry. over a million. a lot year than we what are in the association. >> a year ago it was 100,000. the commitment and identity change. if they joined out of this broad commitment to the mission. this seems like enough. it was not enough. they should have joined. we have remained an organization with a great deal of influence does my urging despite the smaller numbers. we get $40,000 a year. if you're earning $60,000 or less, you will not pay more than $50 or $60 a year. if you're earning close to $200,000 a year, you will pay $200 a year. >> what would you say is the average salary for a college professor that has been in it for 25 years? >> we have a meaningless figure. then we do the calculations. you have to distinguish whether between is a research institution. you have to look at the field. starting salary for an english professor around the country