Professors do politics more - Anonymous employee Penn State Employee Review

1.0
Nov 8, 2013
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Pros

The university town - State college is a good area. State college area school district is good. The Penn State Federal Credit Union provides credit card for new people. Working conditions are good.

Cons

Many faculty are selfish, work only for their benefit. Students and postdoc suffer a lot. There is no professional encouragement or support from Mentor professors, specially if you are from non-Chinese Asian country. Due to strong lobbies many candidates with no knowledge became faculty in science departments. Difficult to get along without a strong lobby.

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