Heterogeneous. Too much to summarize. It’s complex push and pull
Is the chair to blame when department turnover is high
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This is more common that most people here realize: "Nobody below the university leadership has any real power" But retention is not necessarily a good idea - most of the time, it probably isn't. Chair and deans who disagree are corrupt or confused.
It leads to high turnover. Not great for productivity.
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This is more common that most people here realize: "Nobody below the university leadership has any real power" But retention is not necessarily a good idea - most of the time, it probably isn't. Chair and deans who disagree are corrupt or confused.
Decentralized decision-making combined with an appropriate reward system allows you to make better choices. Imagine school leadership deciding on OR, econ, finance, OB, sometimes even literature, psych, etc. It's simply not possible to be involved every step of the way.
Ask the Soviets about this.
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Should be illegal
In my department the chair has a simple formula -
He uses junior faculty to help him hire who he wants. The hires are not the strongest candidates. He then tells these new APs that they wouldn’t be hired if not for him. The junior faculty feel obligated to follow him. By the time they realize that they’re being used, they’re out of the department. Rinse. Repeat.In Binghamton's case, the events seem correlated. 8 junior departures during Barry Jones' time. Hard to justify coincidence.
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You would be surprised by what that clown gets away with…. What is disappointing is that the APs don’t see that they’re being used by him until it is too late.
This is shameful. Why would the department chair do this?
In my department the chair has a simple formula -
He uses junior faculty to help him hire who he wants. The hires are not the strongest candidates. He then tells these new APs that they wouldn’t be hired if not for him. The junior faculty feel obligated to follow him. By the time they realize that they’re being used, they’re out of the department. Rinse. Repeat.