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3.0
May 16, 2015
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Pros

Beautiful campus, many opportunities, good pay, decent benefits. Tenure process is vague, but since the place is a union shop, everyone gets tenure. Very little shared office space, professional development funds (about 3 thousand per faculty member), guaranteed raises.

Cons

Tenure process is vague, but since the place is a union shop, everyone gets tenure. Most faculty members are mediocre at best, and those that rise above the rest are often sabotaged by other faculty members. RWU hires people who will not threaten the status quo, and Admin can't figure out why the faculty are generally lazy and unproductive. Very little diversity, but the administration is really focused on the issue, although their definition is defined as people of color. Basically RWU is looking for an identity and needs to find a way to be happy with what it is (whatever that is). Heavy teaching loads (4-3) and summer pay (overload) is low. The school has been sued several times (most recently for gender discrimination), and administration turns over frequently. Admin has obvious disdain for faculty (not surprising since the few strong faculty members are over shadowed by the poor ones) and has a hard time changing the culture because the union fights change.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

It is a lovely campus and there are a select group of people here who have a heart for the success of students and RWU.

Cons

Unfortunately a lot of politics, lack of growth opportunity, inconsistent messaging, and lack of clear organizational structure. Unfortunately there is a great volume of people who are trying to push personal career goals over the benefit, health, and growth of the Institution and students.

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