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Recruitment practices of faculty are they fair?

Recruitment practices of faculty are they fair?

A recent amendment adopted within the framework of the Research Programming Law (LPR) calls into question the national framework for the recruitment of teacher-researchers by reverting to the obligation of qualification by the National Council of Universities of candidates for positions of university professor. Through petitions, open letters, press releases, academics are mobilizing . The amendment intends to “strengthen the […] … learn more→

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Attract the “best” foreign students: genesis of a selective policy

The “attractiveness strategy for international students” presented by Édouard Philippe on November 19, 2018 has aroused a lot of reactions in academia and associations, rightly so. The Prime Minister claims to “win the battle of international competition between our higher education and research systems” by sharply raising tuition fees for students outside the European Union in […] … learn more→

Headhunters are an invaluable part of the recruitment process

Headhunters are an invaluable part of the recruitment process

Lazy, costly and positively harmful. Why on earth would a university consider using headhunters to fill a senior position? As a human resources director who regularly uses headhunters to help fill senior academic and managerial positions (“administrative”? Please, we are not in the 1970s), I can think of several reasons why. The “Heineken effect”. Headhunters […] … learn more→

A tale of two campuses: US public universities recruiting more out-of-state students

A tale of two campuses: US public universities recruiting more out-of-state students

The decades-old “assault” on American public higher education – as detailed by Christopher Newfield in his book – has, among other things, often put public colleges and universities in a bind if they try to raise their undergraduate admissions standards. As institutions that in the past had virtually “open admissions” attempt to become more selective academically […] … learn more→