Monday, August 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 13 FACULTY SALARIES 'U' competes for top By LINDY STEVENS over the years, he said the Univer- competitor for faculty, hasn't seen Daily News Editor sity has managed to hold its own in senior-level professors travel from the fight for faculty. Ann Arbor to Cambridge in recent The pressure to maintain excep- Hanlon said 50 professors have years. tionalfaculty canmeanofferingmore been stolen from the University's 13 "In the past five years, the Facul- money, like the four-percent salary biggest faculty rivals - schools like ty of Arts and Sciences has not hired increase that University professors Stanford University and the Univer- any senior-level faculty from the will see this year, more time off, the sity of Wisconsin - in the past three University of Michigan," said Steve promise of more academic freedom years. At the same time, about 100 Bradt, Harvard's assistant director or even just a lighter workload. University of Michigan professors of communications, in an e-mail But for Phil Hanlon,vice provost of were approached with offers from interview. academic affairs, all those things are a the same group of schools. of those, And of those who have left small price to pay if it means recruit- Hanlon said about 55 percent of Harvard during that time, Bradt ing and retaining the most outstand- professors were retained, while the said none were headed for the ing professors in the country. remaining 45 percent were lost. University of Michigan. "Universities are the ultimate But when elite universities are in "Among the very few who knowledge business, which means the market to cherry-pick faculty, have left the Faculty of Arts and their quality is driven by the excel- they aren't always looking for pro- Sciences for other institutions in lence of the people there," Hanlon fessors with years of experience. recent years, none have accepted said. "So there's really no higher pri- At the country's best universities, positions at the University of ority for a university than achieving outstanding junior-level professors Michigan," Bradt said. high quality faculty and outstand- without tenure have become some But while some University of ing student body." of the most academically appealing Michigan professors have cer- Though Hanlon said the competi- minds in the market. Even Har- tainly made the switch from tion has become increasingly tough vard University, Michigan's No. 1 maize and blue to crimson, Han- What does the Mona Lisa really look like? Analysis of works of art down to the nanometer scale Lecture by Michel Menu, Ph.D. Director, Louvre Research Laboratory, Paris Co-Author, Mona Lisa: Inside the Painting Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 4 PM Rackham Amphitheatre, 4th floor 912 E. Washington Reception to follow The material analysis of works of art aims to better understand the techniques of the ancient cultures and to preserve the cultural heritage for future generations. The analysis brings to light new and unique information for authentification, for conservation and to better understand the history of artistic techniques. The talk will give special attention to analysis of the Mona Lisa. Free and Open to the Public Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, 734-763-1290 profs ton said the University has to com- pete with more than just the East Coast Ivies when it comes to keep- ing the best - and often youngest - professors. And in all of these battles, people like former University History Prof. Michelle Mitchell are caught in the middle. See FACULTY, Page 9 CORRECTIONS Please report any error in the Daily to: correctioss@michigondoily.com MORE ONLINE at michigondoily.com/thewire