Your Oregon tax dollars at work

The University of Oregon has created a new job title:  sustainability coordinator.  What’s that you ask?  It’s this:

The position exists to harmonize the efforts of various environmental groups on campus in much the same way the Multicultural Center director works with the university’s multicultural student unions.

This is a volunteer job for a student or faculty member dedicated to bringing order to group chaos, right?  Mais non!  It’s  a permanent paid position, and it pays a lot by Oregon standards:  $40,000 annually (which I assume doesn’t include the generous benefits a grateful citizenry funds with its taxes).  Yup.  Someone will get $40,000 (plus benefits) to make sure all the greenies aren’t fractious, duplicative and wasteful in their efforts.

By the way, in case you were wondering, that salary, without even considering the benefits, is far in excess of not only in-state tuition but also out-of-state tuition at the University:

$24,078 (Oregon resident tuition)
$30,000 (Nonresident tuition)

Do you get the feeling that the University, much like other American universities, is far more invested in advancing Progressive ideology than it is with actual education?  If that is indeed true, the University seems to have lost touch with its mission statement.

When will the taxpayers revolt?  Have we become so sheepled that nobody even questions the logic of hitting up taxpayers and students (or, rather, their parents) for soft-headed political action on an educational institution?