Pros
Cannot honestly think of even one benefit; becoming unemployed looks preferable right now for one's sanity...ISU's top down, normative management talks a big game on "inclusive excellence," but sadly, nothing could be further from the truth. No real "shared governance" or true ownership among the faculty exists here. Talented faculty, go elsewhere!
Kontras
Inept, greedy administrators; pathetic pay for regular faculty, while administrators are consistently overpaid; lion's share of teaching load piled upon the shoulders of untenured, pre-tenured faculty whose promised contracts/appointments are routinely dumped at will; constant turnover, due to culture of fear, backbiting; hostility prevails in most departments; mediocrity is rewarded, students go unchallenged -even encouraged toward status quo; terrible value for students' education dollar