There’s been a lot of discussion about the generous raises given to leaders of Georgia’s public college and universities, but less talk about the raises given to the faculties of those schools. Today, a veteran Georgia college professor writes about the raises — or lack thereof — for faculty and the impact on morale. Readers share their views on the raises given to college presidents and whether they were deserved, especially given rising tuition. In a guest column, a former middle school teacher recalls the number of students whose parents made no provisions for their lunches and how schools had to take up the slack.

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Mathew Palmer, a former Delta Air Lines employee, at his home in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.  Palmer was fired less than two weeks after writing a post on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Natrice Miller/AJC)