Obama, FDR, and the Summer of Pundits’ Disconnect

I rarely focus an entire post on a single piece of punditry, but Ron Fournier’s National Journal article today, under the title “The Summer of Obama’s Disconnect” exemplifies so many of the misunderstandings regarding presidential power that I thought it deserved my (and your) undivided attention. Fournier’s basic point – one that has become the […]…Continue Reading Obama, FDR, and the Summer of Pundits’ Disconnect

HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot

There are currently 8 faculty positions, 39 external job postings (regular, on-call and temporary), and 4 internal job postings on the Middlebury College employment opportunities web sites. Employment Quick Links: Faculty Employment Opportunities: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/administration/prospective_faculty/employment Staff Employment Opportunities: go/staff-jobs (on campus),http://go.middlebury.edu/staff-jobs (off … Continue reading Continue Reading HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot

Informal Performance Evaluations for Staff Members

Annual written performance evaluations are conducted for staff members between January 1 and March 31 of each year as part of the College’s ongoing performance feedback process.  Also part of this process, informal performance evaluation meetings are conducted at six-month … Continue reading Continue Reading Informal Performance Evaluations for Staff Members