Editor,
It comes as no surprise that UNM would not hire someone who sparked a controversial and intellectual debate. UNM does not seem to be interested in hiring the best and the brightest, at least when it comes to staff members in Student Affairs.
If you look at the eJobs Web site, where UNM posts their jobs, you will see many serious and positive job openings. But when you look at the job descriptions, you will notice something troubling: UNM is willing to hire people for Student Affairs who are less educated than the students they are supposed to help.
How can someone who hasn't gone through a graduate program advise grad students?
How can someone help a bachelor degree candidate if they only have a GED?
And UNM too often uses the excuse that their hires are currently earning their master's to hire people they know or who are related to more qualified applicants who would bring progressive ideas to UNM.
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Go to NASPA.org to see how many master's and Ph.D. grads finish programs across the United States, and then look to see how many Student Affairs staff members at UNM have graduate degrees in student affairs - you'll be disappointed.
The Student Affairs Division at UNM is a microcosm of the state: Nepotism reigns, and the state remains 10 years behind the rest of America.
Rob Huang
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