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Faculty makeover at U of Scranton

Posted on October 26, 2010 by | Comments Off on Faculty makeover at U of Scranton

The Chronicle: Fitting In: U. of Scranton Revamps One-Third of Its Faculty

A wave of early retirements and the creation of new positions for fast-growing programs had, in large part, given Scranton the chance to revamp a major proportion of its faculty.

But hiring what turned out to be 82 professors in a five-year period—about one-third of the institution’s tenured or tenure-track faculty—was not without its own risks. It had the potential to trigger generational conflict, compromise the university’s Jesuit identity, and water down its commitment to undergraduate teaching. Faculty members right out of graduate school “might be more passionate about their research agenda rather than teaching,” says Father Pilarz.

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U of Iowa goes on adjunct hiring binge

Posted on September 9, 2010 by | Comments Off on U of Iowa goes on adjunct hiring binge

Daily Iowan: UI increases temporary workforce

The University of Iowa has increased its temporary workforce by nearly10 percent this year to accommodate an influx of freshmen.

This year, 2,308 temporary faculty are employed at the university — up from 2,104 in 2009, said Tom Rice, associate provost for faculty.

Despite recent budget cuts, which resulted in the loss of 150 half-time employees, more tuition revenue from this year’s larger freshman class allowed for the boost in temporary workforce hiring, officials said.

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The Rise of the No-Show

Posted on November 25, 2009 by | Comments Off on The Rise of the No-Show

The Chronicle: The Rise of the No-Show

At a conference I recently attended, a sizeable wave of paper presenters failed to attend. The papers were submitted back in February, but travel funds had since vanished and, in some cases, wages had been cut and the presenters could not afford to pay for the airfare/hotel out of their pockets. In the past, a no-show was the kiss of death toward future presentations, but I had the definite sense that most of the attendees felt genuine empathy toward the folks who were unable to attend.

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U. of Akron Rethinks Hiring Policy That Could Ask for DNA Sample

Posted on November 14, 2009 by | Comments Off on U. of Akron Rethinks Hiring Policy That Could Ask for DNA Sample

The Chronicle: U. of Akron Rethinks Hiring Policy That Could Ask for DNA Sample

The University of Akron may soon revise a controversial policy that says new hires, at the university’s discretion, may be asked to submit a DNA sample or fingerprints for a federal criminal-background check.

Ted A. Mallo, vice president and general counsel at Akron, plans to recommend to the institution’s Board of Trustees that references to DNA testing be stripped from the new policy on criminal-background checks and replaced with language that would put new hires on notice that law-enforcement agencies may require them to provide “additional information” for such checks.

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U. of North Carolina Campuses Under Fresh Scrutiny for Hiring Practices

Posted on October 26, 2009 by | Comments Off on U. of North Carolina Campuses Under Fresh Scrutiny for Hiring Practices

The Chronicle: U. of North Carolina Campuses Under Fresh Scrutiny for Hiring Practices

State lawmakers and a state employees’ association are expressing concern about the University of North Carolina system’s hiring practices in response to a newspaper investigation showing that some of the system’s campuses often hire people without formal searches. The Asheville Citizen-Times gathered data on the campuses’ hirings since 2007 and found that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University had each made more than 300 permanent hires without searches during that time. North Carolina State was recently rocked by a controversy over its hiring of the wife of a former governor without a search.

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Anatomy of a Flawed Hire

Posted on August 24, 2009 by | Comments Off on Anatomy of a Flawed Hire

Inside Higher Ed: Anatomy of a Flawed Hire

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators was in a vulnerable state as it hired a new president late in 2007.

The group had been through the grinder of New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s inquiry into student loan malfeasance, partly because of NASFAA leaders’ own missteps and partly because of the politician’s opportunism. Questions about the association’s own practices had led it to agree to a settlement in which it adopted a new code of conduct, a decision that divided the association’s members.

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Texas Tech profs oppose hiring of Alberto Gonzales

Posted on July 27, 2009 by | 1 comment

Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech professors object to Gonzales hiring

More than 40 Texas Tech professors have objected in a petition to Chancellor Kent Hance’s decision to hire former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, according to the petition’s creator.

Petition creator Walter Schaller, a Tech philosophy professor since 1986, said Friday he decided to take action because “with the emphasis on ethics the university has adopted, a guy that misled Congress is not the kind of person we want to represent Texas Tech.”

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The Economy and Adjunct Hiring

Posted on July 20, 2009 by | Comments Off on The Economy and Adjunct Hiring

The Chronicle: The Economy and Adjunct Hiring

Over the past few months, I have been trying to discern a pattern to how the recession has affected adjunct faculty members. Are part timers being adversely affected by the strategies that colleges and universities are using to close budget gaps?

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