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UCLA doesn’t have the weapons to win the interuniversity
wars waged over hiring top-notch faculty ““ and if we lose
this battle, our prestige is certainly the next to go.
While UCLA professors are paid more than the national average,
the high cost of living in L.A. negates this apparent gain.
Furthermore, they are given minimal space for teaching and
research, and most of the perks given to professors at other top
schools are denied to UCLA’s. Predictably, this has made it
exceedingly difficult to recruit and retain faculty in recent
years, and things are only expected to worsen with Tidal Wave
II.
The flagship of the university’s mission has traditionally
been research, followed by academics, with community service
bringing up the rear. The Chancellor has committed himself to UCLA
in L.A. to step up our current level of community service, but now
it’s time to do the same for our teachers. If the university
wants to remain competitive, faculty salaries need to be further
increased, housing needs to be subsidized, class sizes need to be
reduced, and other perks that faculty can find at private
institutions need to be offered here.
Without more money devoted to recruitment, we are sure to lose
top faculty to other universities. Without first-class faculty,
UCLA’s excellent track record and prestige in pursuing its
highest priorities, research and education, are sure to run into
tough times. Paying to win over top faculty now will be infinitely
less expensive than restoring the university’s status in the
future.