The Empire Expands: UConn Seeks Chief Counsel for Health Center.

The “new economic reality” continues to elude the University of Connecticut. It’s considering applications for a chief counsel at the hospital that continues to burden state taxpayers. The application period closed on May 26th. Nevertheless the extensive job posting is worth reading. Especially worthwhile is UConn’s description of itself.

Here’s an ominous section on compensation for the “player-coach” (oy):

“The University of Connecticut offers a very competitive package of benefits, including generous medical and dental coverage, retirement contributions and plans, and many other supplemental benefits. Compensation for this position will also be competitive with similar public academic medical center legal positions nationally, and will be commensurate with the salaries of other comparable senior officials of the University.”

The phrase that rings the bell, of course, isn’t “competitive with similar public academic medical center legal positions nationally.”  No, no, no. If only UConn administrative positions and compensation did that. It’s the “commensurate with the salaries of other comparable senior officials of the University.” We know what that means. Ring-a-ding-ding.