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13 Mar 2009
Former employee
West Lafayette, IN
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Even though it is a state university, many outsiders assume it is a private university and in the same tier as Ivy League institutions. Use that reputation as a stepping stone to somewhere else.
Cons
Good Old Boy network. A former colleague who had worked in several different U.S. states and Europe said that getting a job on this campus was like "stepping through a time warp into the 1950s." Local job market is oversupplied with workers with multiple degrees, particularly highly educated faculty spouses who are tied here by tenure, and there's always someone with lots of credentials or an inside connection who will accept a lower salary.