Ok-Highway7875 t1_iyjq7rb wrote
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While I do see part of your argument about competitiveness, it isn’t accurate of what is going on at the school. Given how many of UMPI’s staff and faculty are alumni and/or born and raised in that area, your argument fails. They are pretty open that they want to hire locals/alumni only.
I doubt anyone would describe UMPI as diverse in any sense of the word.
I’m also hesitant to dismiss the needs of the community that a college exists in particularly since the community provides the labor that keeps the heat, light, and water on at colleges that allows faculty and students the luxury to focus on learning.
Yourbubblestink t1_iyjr74y wrote
Who is dismissing the community? They are the most important part. Without their support there would be no college for any of these other folks to work out.
Academics however is not the same as a business, it costs money.
Ok-Highway7875 t1_iyjs5v4 wrote
Given that Rice told his staff to tighten their belts and prepare for cuts, it sounds like that is dismissing the community particularly given the lack of economic opportunity back home.
If Rice had framed it as deceasing administrative bloat or other items, it wouldn’t be as bad. It reeks of “Gosh, you can’t come after my pay and bennies but I can come after yours, poors.”
There is a lot of ways to balance the need to get out of the red while not cutting classes or lower paying jobs. It involves looking at how too heavy that school is and making cuts there. If secretaries can be responsible for doing two people’s jobs for one pay (previous rounds of cuts) then administration should be prepared to do the same. Never ask your people to do what you wouldn’t ask yourself.
Laeek t1_iykk7um wrote
>They are pretty open that they want to hire locals/alumni only.
Is that actually stated somewhere? Or do you think maybe it's really hard to recruit people to come work at a nondescript school in Presque Isle?
Ok-Highway7875 t1_iykmzef wrote
I understand your question and it’s fair.
It’s openly discussed. There have been several positions in the last five years were people from away applied, were qualified, went through the interviews, etc but each time the idea that only locals would understand that community won over.
Yourbubblestink t1_iynde9m wrote
People don’t go to college to learn about the community of Presque Isle
[deleted] OP t1_iynjakg wrote
That’s feedback that needs to be addressed to folks like UMPI admin who can impact hiring decisions.
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