Session Information
Description: What are the advantages and disadvantages of a faculty buyout as a budget-cutting strategy? What are "best practices" in determining and implementing a buyout? What should faculty members consider when offered a buyout? What is the cost to a department if a faculty position is eliminated? What is the cost-benefit analysis for the institution? Does a buyout lead to costs as well as savings? Are costs transferred from the institution to the faculty and the academic program?
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Speakers
David Alvarez, DePauw U
Frank Donoghue, Ohio State U, Columbus
Heather Dubrow, Fordham U
Kathleen Llewellyn, St. Louis U
Alexandra Socarides, U of Missouri, Columbia
Presider
Sara van den Berg, St. Louis U