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The idea that treating new hires well might result in gains for an institution seems not to have taken universal hold in what should be our country's most enlightened sector.

It was listed, under the Baccalaureate Institutions category, as among the 

32 colleges and universities most friendly to junior faculty.

The University of Minnesota didn't make the list, but its neighbor to the south -- the University of Iowa -- was the only institution to get exceptional ratings in five out of eight areas.

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The idea that treating new hires well might result in gains for an institution seems not to have taken universal hold in what should be our country’s most enlightened sector. But according to a study written up in the Chronicle of Higher Education, one Minnesota college — St. Olaf — seems to get it. It…

St. Olaf one of nation's friendliest to junior faculty

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