I hate to be in a position of having to defend Wingfield and Monat. However, your accusations are totally unfair. If you have evidence that Wingfield and Monat are not doing their jobs, present it. If not, drop the issue.

Rewarding people according to their strengths is considered progressive personnel policy. While every professor is expected to teach, do research and provide public service, departments differ in emphasis on each.

In addition, many departments allow individuals to choose the weighting of each area in his or her salary evaluation. Such a policy plays to individual strengths, and encourages the diversity of efforts needed at a major university.

Herbert J. Rubin

Professor

Sociology