Budget issues leading to brain drain at UW
Jan 31, 2012, 5:19 AM | Updated: 7:31 am
With a tight budget, the University of Washington is losing faculty, and staff fear they're facing a brain drain. (AP Photo/file)
(AP Photo/file)
With a tight budget, the University of Washington is losing faculty.
Chemistry Department Chair Paul Hopkins tells KING 5 it’s harder to recruit and retain staff members when resources are tight.
“The University of Washington is a great school, lots of great faculty. If they go out faster than new great faculty come in, we’ll be in trouble.”
University staff fear they’re facing a brain drain. This is when, in a period of tight budgets, other universities are able poach the top instructors for more pay.
“It’s real and there are periods where that accelerates, and we’re all worried about that, that we’re in one of those periods now,” says UW Provost Ana Mari Cauce.
