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Growing Pains at VCU - Assistant Professor Virginia Commonwealth University Employee Review

2.0
Sep 13, 2014
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Pros

VCU has a great mission statement that I really believe in.

Cons

Growing pains going from a regional university to an R1: Expects newer faculty to out-produce UVA, yet does not have the infrastructure in place to support these pursuits. Also, there is a lot of leadership turnover, which creates leadership voids. In addition, the "old school" professors hold on for dear life as the newer ones continue to cycle out.

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Cons

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Pros

They care about the employees. There are multiple efforts to support everyone, it is a welcoming environment, HR is very supportive.

Cons

VCU is incredibly bureaucratic and poorly ran. Things move slow, very slow. More slow than normal universities should. It isn't just "oh this is academia, things move slow." It's legitimate poor management across multiple levels of leadership.

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