New York University

Faculty and staff

Numerous noted scholars have taught at New York University since its inception in 1831, among them several Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship winners, many Guggenheim Fellows and several members of the National Academy of Science. See also List of New York University People. The university is frequently criticized for its hiring of adjunct teaching staff over full-time tenure track professors. The university has significantly fewer full-time staff than other universities of the same size. Adjuncts are preferred over full-time teaching staff because of the lower cost, and the fact that the university does not have to provide them benefits. The threat of a strike by the adjunct professors in the spring of 2004 resulted in a tentative agreement offering adjuncts some benefits and wage increases over a multi-year period.

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1831 - Nobel Prize - Pulitzer Prize - MacArthur Fellowship - Guggenheim Fellow - National Academy of Science - List of New York University People - Adjunct

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NYU's aggressive recruitment of renowned professors and high-potential graduates has been a large factor in the University's growing prestige. It has often been involved in bidding wars to lure top faculty in an attempt to boost its academic reputation. NYU is remarkable in that it went from being a near-bankrupt commuter school to becoming one of the country's most prestigious research universities, in large part due to the fact that, instead of building its endowment, the University spent its money on building new facilities and hiring more faculty.

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