TO THE EDITOR:
This summer, Carolina will lose three of its best young faculty working on climate change. We’ve been experiencing this for years — and not just in environmental sciences.
It is no secret that we have a retention problem. What isn’t discussed is why. There are several explanations, but one big one is administrator apathy.
The chancellor keeps raising tuition and “faculty retention” has been his main rationale. But nobody knows when we plan to use what must surely be a massive pot of money to begin retaining our key resource.
Faculty leave for many reasons, including academic fit, lifestyle and family. But no matter the explanation, they can (or could) usually be retained with an aggressive and rapid financial response.
I’d love to work with our incoming chancellor and other new and existing administrators to develop a strategy to end the brain drain that is degrading Carolina.
John Bruno
Professor
Biology
