Why is the university still recruiting and hiring faculty when student enrollment is being reduced and existing faculty and staff are taking furloughs?
Faculty recruitment and hiring is necessary to maintain existing levels due to faculty retirement, resignation, or termination and increase the proportion of tenure/tenure track faculty on campus. In addition, continuing to hire new faculty is consistent with Academic Senate resolution ASD 08-17, approved by the Academic Senate in January 2008, reaffirming its support of President Gordon’s initiative to conduct five years of faculty hiring with 100 searches each academic year. This year PRBC recommended funding to provide baseline funding to support 60 tenure/tenure track faculty searches. Sixty searches are expected to net 35-40 actual hires which would offset faculty vacancies created by retirements, resignations, terminations, etc. Due to the current budget situation PRBC recommended that year five of the five-year plan be delayed until next year. However, PRBC feels it is important even in these touch budget times for the university to continue to express its support for reducing t
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