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[School] Central Michigan University [Issue and Date] I came across a posting for a new tenure-track position and did a little research (assisted by a friend in the department). Scads of bad news. The new president of the university and the new provost are bean counters, which has made the environment toxic (the faculty union even struck for the first time in its history). It's hard tell if the new searches will really run. Even before that there were red flags in English. They disguise spousal hires as real searches; right now there are at least five t-t couples. Despite (or because?) that there's a high attrition rate. In a news article in the student paper one member of the department mentions that they've lost half of their new hires since 2000. They haven't been able to keep any new hire of color. Per my friend, some of their fulls and associates would leave if they could. They've got a new dean and a new department head too, so there's no guessing how things will go. Pay is low for the state, and Michigan is trying to follow Wisconsin's lead. (September 2011) [Department] 
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