tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post3822388915431782821..comments2023-08-15T07:31:26.984-05:00Comments on FreeU: Faculty Layoffs: Who and When?testing05401http://www.blogger.com/profile/17388846145377195962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post-76178166292348628872010-02-08T17:57:05.623-06:002010-02-08T17:57:05.623-06:00Peter,
Adam Smith would agree: He was a big advoc...Peter,<br /><br />Adam Smith would agree: He was a big advocate of public education for the masses (a radical idea in 1770s) but deadset against tenure and public school monopolies. <br /><br />Is one percent enough? After all, that is below the retirement/attrition rate. <br /><br />SIU is "special," as you note -- and having 18 unions isn't a recipe for avoiding "nonsense." Of course we have 18 unions because of bad management in the past. <br /><br />Jon Beantesting05401https://www.blogger.com/profile/17388846145377195962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694250198159092332.post-9872373728437063192010-02-08T17:43:47.230-06:002010-02-08T17:43:47.230-06:00I feel that a 1% layoff for all public employees p...I feel that a 1% layoff for all public employees per year is the right course of action. Not just at universities, but for every level of the pubic sector.<br /><br /><br />If you made me bet, I feel that SIU could layoff 10% of all employees and gain in total productivity. That is assuming that the deadwood was laid off and it wasn't political nonsense, which would be difficult at SIU.<br /><br />Wouldn't it be great to layoff the deadwood and replace them with people who worked? Just think about the culture change, from the threat of a very small layoff.PeterGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13362919400474969329noreply@blogger.com