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Long Island University reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(570 total reviews)

Dr. Kimberly R. Cline

79% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Long Island University has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 570 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Long Island University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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570 reviews
1.0
Jul 7, 2015

Assistant Director

Anonymous employee
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Pros

LIU offers good vacation time even for first year employees (20+ days a year) and a culture of using sick leave so liberally that it functions as additional time off means. So institutionally disorganized that if you stay out of the president's way you can effectively do nothing for years without being noticed, if that's what you want. Finally, the Brooklyn campus is in an area of Brooklyn seeing a huge resurgence which is nice.

Cons

There is almost zero room for growth and little chance of having any real decision making responsibility. The president and a very select group of others preside over everything with nearly zero input from deans or other mid to upper level management. Employees are seen as objects and not people and morale is often extremely low especially among those who want to work to change processes. There is also almost no institutional communication leaving employees constantly guessing what the executive strategy is. So disorganized and top heavy it's probably a great way to find out what it felt like living in communist Russia... If t were ruled by the Red Queen in Alice and Wonderland. There's a huge amount of brain train in all offices - good talent typically does not stay there long. Finally, the board of trustees seems to be much more connected to LIU Post and will do anything to prop up a failing campus, often at the expense of LIU Brooklyn (which given its location in a desirable area in NYC has much more potential to grow).

1.0
Dec 21, 2014

sinking ship

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Pros

Brooklyn campus is conveniently located in downtown Brooklyn.

Cons

a student retention rate is ~30%; this tells you a lot about the school. Faculty quality is very low at least in liberal arts. A lot of dead wood. They are barely hiring new faculty. School requires 5 publications to get a tenure without adjustment for quality. Research support is almost ZERO. An individual faculty has no research budget for his/her disposal. Department budget has been cut to such extent that there's barely money for paper and photo copier. School is obsessed with Outcome Assessment, which is a complete waste of people time. Facilities are deteriorating; no money on basic maintenance. Moral is extremely low after a new president has been hired in 2012. She has been firing people left and right. Lack of transparency within an organization; president and administration keep everything opaque so nobody can be hold accountable, e.g. organization structure is kept secret by the president. Bureaucracy, inefficiencies, and corruption is wide spread, e.g. there is a committee on committees, entire families of higher rank officials (Provost, Dean, etc) are employed by LIU. LIU is an example of how a university should not be run. School is in a deep financial trouble and I really can't imagine how they will survive another decade or two.

1.0
Oct 20, 2020

LIU Treats Employees Like Expendable Waste

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The faculty at LIU are generally hard-working and care about their students.

Cons

The administration, led by President Cline, have absolutely no moral compass. President Cline is interested in revenue generation at the expense of quality and integrity. She treats employees like expendable waste. She believes the entire faculty body is "incompetent" and unworthy of participating in any form of faculty governance, she has no problem lying to regulatory bodies, and expects fellow administrators to complete unreasonable turn arounds on projects that typically include multiple levels of input and approvals.

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