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31 March, 2021
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1. The first problem is that not enough faculty members are hired, and that those hired are burdened with additional tasks such as running the canteen, etc.
2. The second problem is that of inconsistency and group think in the hiring committees. Typically, recruitment has two stages: shortlisting by the hiring institute, and an interview in front on a panel that consists of mostly professors from outside the hiring institute.
- If at the first stage, the shortlisting is done mechanically, then good and sometimes even excellent candidates can be weeded out.
- In specific, if shortlisting is done on the basis of the number of papers, size of grants won and the like, then those hired may be mediocre, paper-manufacturing mills.
- A better alternative is possible by reversing the existing two stages in recruitment, and explicitly flagging quality as a merit.
- First, the external experts should prepare a short shortlist, and then the local hiring committees should attempt hiring from within this shortlist.
- The applicants should be required to submit information demonstrating the best aspects of their work.
- Each applicant should be asked to provide, in addition to their full curriculum vitae, their two best research publications, and their two best pedagogic materials such as a homework assignment or examination.
- At the first stage, the external professors could prepare a shortlist based solely on the two best publications and sample pedagogic materials.
- The statistics of outcomes of the external expert assessments can also supply clearer indications, of whether or not there is really a shortage of qualified applicants.
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