March 13, 2009

For Some, Hard Times Make Hiring Easier

By ROBIN WILSON

The number of colleges freezing faculty hiring seems to grow each week. Yet some institutions are going against the grain of the poor economy and appointing new professors. This decision has given those campuses an edge, yielding top-quality candidates who might not have been within reach in a more-competitive job market.

In the nation's few flush states, public universities are capitalizing on relative financial health by luring professors away from budget-strapped areas. And some