u/Creative-Question538

...or is there something more substantive here?

Tried ousting a student from class for her second AI infraction, got an email from Head saying this action was "not aligned with the rehabilitative goals of the Office of Student Conflict." Tomorrow, I am teaching the last class of my life, and I'm only mid-career. I don't know what's next, but it's not this.

I currently live in a country with extremely low cost of living. When my job is over here, I am considering staying here simply because I could save a lot more money, which I could then donate, saving dozens of more lives over the course of my life. Has anyone written about this before? It seems reasonable but have never seen it mentioned anywhere.

My department head has been giving a lucrative appointment (gravy train extra class that has only been running a few semesters and will end soon) each year to the same teacher with NO rationale or transparency, despite the overabundance of other qualified faculty to teach this class, and despite several requests from different instructors. Is this normal? Am I off-base to be pissed about this? This teacher already makes significantly more money than the other potential instructors who could teach it. Is it too much to ask for rationale? Of course I should also mention the power dynamic--this teacher leads a program within the department + is good friends with the Head. The other instructors who could teach the class are mere Lecturers, which basically means grad students in the eyes of leadership. So, the optics are not good from down here--not good at all. Am I missing something?

Edit: trying not to jeopardize my anonymity, but the extra class is not exactly a "class." But I'll say it's only 2-3 weeks and extremely well paid (sponsored by another department which is super rich and one of the best in the country)