Faculty members at Rutgers University in New Jersey are pushing back against an expensive data system purchased by the university to track faculty productivity in the form of journal articles , citations , books , research grants , and awards , as they have consistently found inaccuracies in the data collected . The Chronicle of Higher Education reports the database , maintained by Academic Analytics , tracks the work of more than 270,000 faculty members nationwide , giving administrators a chance to measure their faculty 's productivity and compare them to national benchmarks . However , the faculty were forced to vote unanimously on a resolution that asks the university to limit its use of the data , arguing skewed data will negatively impact the way professors decide to do their work .
Faculty members at Rutgers University in New Jersey are pushing back against an expensive data system purchased by the university to track faculty productivity in the form of journal articles, citations, books, research grants, and awards, as they have consistently found inaccuracies in the data collected. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports the database, maintained by Academic Analytics, tracks the work of more than 270,000 faculty members nationwide, giving administrators a chance to see their faculty's productivity and compare them to national benchmarks. However, Rutgers faculty were set to vote yesterday on a resolution that asks the university to limit its use of the data, arguing skewed collection will negatively impact the way professors decide to do their work.