September 12, 2008
If Kent State Beats Goals, Professors Will Profit
Kent State University is trying a new and unusual tactic to improve its status, retention rate, and fund raising — paying cash bonuses to faculty members if the university exceeds its goals in those areas.
The bonuses are built into a contract, approved last month, that covers 864 full-time, tenure-track faculty members who teach and do research on the university's eight campuses. Proposed by Lester A. Lefton, Kent State's president, the "success bonus pool" will be divided
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