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Decent faculty autonomy but terrible pay and increasingly toxic upper admin - Full Time Faculty Washburn University Employee Review

3.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Relative faculty autonomy; not much pressure (that I experienced) to inflate grades; students are a mixed bag but overall tend to be respectful

Cons

The pay is god awful--like insultingly bad. Students I taught were getting jobs at the university after they graduated and making more than many full-time faculty. And this is to say nothing of the growing use of adjuncts, most of whom make less than $3k per class. The university's leadership is also deeply problematic. The upper administration turned over almost completely in the last 3-5 years. Many in the new leadership were promoted from within and it's led to a culture of nepotism, currying favor, and playing favorites. If you add both of those things together, you get an increasingly toxic workplace that's beginning to destroy faculty morale.

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Pros

Flexible PTO, can work from home once a week, great staff

Cons

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