December 2021

by Allan Stam Why should you care about faculty review policies at the University of Virginia and other public Virginia universities? You should care because they affect which faculty are likely to stay at a university and which faculty are likely to move on. In other words, they affect who will teach your children and […]

by James A. BaconThis month University of Virginia departments embark upon a four- to five-month \”peer review\” of faculty members. The stakes are high. Scores from the review will affect merit raises and prospects for promotion.New this year: Twenty percent of the scores will be awarded on the basis of the faculty member\’s contributions to

by Walter SmithThe statue of Emil Faber, founder of Faber College (of Animal House fame), bears a quote, “Knowledge is good.” The reigning philosophy at the University of Virginia, by contrast, seems to be, \”Only some knowledge is good.\”By way of introduction, let us note that the University of Virginia Alumni Association this fall conducted