Thanx for that info. In the Slate piece (and others) the quotes seemed to indicate she was dumped by the search committee, which to me meant that she was still on a list of candidates – if you’re at the contract-signing stage, a Dean or Department Head does the dumping ; -)
It’s truly bizarre behavior by Nazareth, but I still think the candidate played her hand incredibly poorly:
- Asking for a pre-hire >10% raise, to be “more in line with what [others] have been getting” might work at a state uni, but it’s laughable for a residential lib arts college
- She’s already assured of a semester of maternity leave; why even bring this up?
- Wanting a Sabbatical in year 5-7 isn’t unreasonable…as long as it’s the only demand you’re making
- You know why they call it “golf”? Because “shit!” was already taken. At a school like Naz, “assistant prof” means “peon” – get used to it, and just keep marking off days on your tenure calendar
- What is this I don’t even…“A start date of academic year 2015…” Really? This is the most tone-deaf of the negotiation items. At small schools, in the humanities, you teach, serve, and publish (ignore research unless it’s stipulated by a benefactor). You can’t do those first two, at all, unless you’re working on campus. I know, amazing!
