UC Merced is recuriting Top Faculty!

bluebayou
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:34:58 +0000

Bay:

I understand your pride, but critical thinking is needed here. Just becos a faculty member used to be a xx college, does not make them necessarily a “top faculty”. 2) PhD programs crank out thousands of grads every year, most of which have zero chance of finding an job in academia. Thus, any UC school, which is the best public system in the world, should have no problem finding good faculty from anywhere and everywhere. But again, just bcos that PhD graduated from Stanfurd, doesn’t make him/her “top” faculty (which requires lostsa research).

OTOH, I have little doubt that the Deans at Merced brought in highly qualified folks.