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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublican slams Purdue University for hiring H-1B foreign national for professor role at $127,500: 'Can no American tea
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/republican-slams-purdue-university-for-hiring-h-1b-foreign-national-for-professor-role-at-127500-can-no-american-teach-marketing-in-chicago/articleshow/126312877.cmsRepublican slams Purdue University for hiring H-1B foreign national for professor role at $127,500: 'Can no American teach marketing in Chicago?'
Indiana State Representative Andrew Ireland has criticised Purdue University Northwest for filing an H-1B visa to hire a foreign national as an assistant professor of marketing, starting June 2026 at a salary of $127,500.
The Republican called the move unfair to American workers and questioned whether there were qualified US applicants nearby in Chicago.
In a post on X, he said: "Taxpayer-funded Purdue University disclosed it is hiring a foreigner on an H-1B visa to teach marketing."
In another social media interaction, Andrew was told by a user that universities hire the best people irrespective of their origins: "Universities try to hire the best person for the job, regardless of whether he is American or foreign. Under your thinking, Princeton wouldn't hire Einstein, because they could have gotten some guy from Kentucky for the same price."
To which Andrew replied: "7.5 million people live within an hour of campus. Do you really think none are better hires as an assistant marketing professor at a satellite campus? If the concern is recruiting Einstein, O-1 visas exist for a reason
BOSSHOG
(44,738 posts)Us poor white people are so mistreated. If us white folk Morans only got a brain. Trump knows how to stimulate the emotions of fools. That and rape bout rounds out the resume.
harumph
(3,115 posts)No disrespect to marketing studies, but it's not like it's some Ukrainian math wiz in nonlinear systems.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(12,867 posts)Their need for immigration support was hidden from interviewers.
The best candidate was picked and then h1b process began, if chosen was not approved to work in US.
So many apply from outside US, non citizen are often chosen just based on the numbers game.
And yes, often the role was one an American could do..its just that the non citizen was weighed equally.
"Only hire immigrant if no American is qualified" doesn't happen in reality... in academia... for professorships, administration, IT and other roles
J-9
(116 posts)If they said ok and hired a black woman instead. 🤣 She's AMERICAN!
Prairie Gates
(7,205 posts)What the actual fuck?
Assistant professor is pre-tenure, entry-level. That's a wild salary for an assistant professor in any field.
The business schools are such a racket.
róisín_dubh
(12,231 posts)Than most of the rest of professors. I started out at $54K at a major research uni- the business assistant profs made nearly $100k more to start.
JI7
(93,220 posts)and demand changes.
Prairie Gates
(7,205 posts)They peddle entrepreneurship and innovation dogma - essentially factories for capitalist ideology.
And, let's be honest, this is Purdue University, the center of engineering education outside the coasts. This isn't a gender studies position at Oberlin, for fuck's sake.
JI7
(93,220 posts)iemanja
(57,394 posts)Not real universities, and certainly not Perdue. They have a non-profit, tax-exempt status with the IRS.
JI7
(93,220 posts)letting in almost any international student that can pay becsuse they very huge amounts of money from them.
iemanja
(57,394 posts)X years of funding. Besides, international students have nothing to do with the issue in the OP.
Prairie Gates
(7,205 posts)What in the world?
iemanja
(57,394 posts)JI7
(93,220 posts)yet tuition remains high for American students.
Melon
(1,093 posts)There are absolutely a lot of qualified assistant marketing people in any major market. Ive hired for marketing and would always get an insane number of applicants. Applying for a visa for an applicant would run us at least another $25,000 in immigration lawyers an applications to sponsor. Thats ridiculous for a university that accepts public funding.
iemanja
(57,394 posts)The great majority are educated in the US.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(12,867 posts)So many immigrants applying. It's a numbers game..many will be hired
It's definitely NOT " let's vet all Americans first, if no American qualified, then look at immigrant pool".
iemanja
(57,394 posts)Having been on search committees for various levels of employees in universities, I can say that is indeed true. I dont know if youre even allowed to ask about nationality and immigration status. HR vets all prospective employees to ensure they are legally allowed to work in the US, but its never been a point of discussion in any committee Ive served on. Mind you, virtually all international applicants already live in the US.
fujiyamasan
(1,227 posts)I agree that this is a complete racket. Even if this professor is exceptionally talented, Purdue is a public university. It makes this all the more ridiculous.