"If I’m a chair, and I know that my department rating will generate a greater chance of a new faculty line or a new seminar series," he said, "I would be crazy not to tell my faculty to do the things that count." Faculty members at Academic Analytics 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. Rutgers University reports the database, maintained by Academic Analytics , tracks the work of three 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 2013 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.
Faculty members at Academic Analytics 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. Rutgers University reports the database, maintained by Academic Analytics , tracks the work of three 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 2013 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.