Pros
The faculty is passionate and tireless - they punch way above their weight class - and I saw many examples of their strong commitment to students The campus facilities are being rapidly upgraded The students and employees are very diverse and the environment is inclusive Excellent public transportation Campus is very safe Large amount of support services for students - helps with already overburdened departmental staff - you can feel good about sending students to general campus services There are large beautiful event spaces available to hold academic events in - makes it easy to entice students to participate in even mundane events
Cons
Pay is competitive with other public universities, but with MA choked with private colleges staff have left for better pay at worse schools; same with benefits The school is undergoing administrator bloat with admins being added faster than resources for teachers The "student as a consumer" mentality is creeping in There is a moderate amount of tenure track pressure
