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 and former Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, 

I wanted to get some views on a few elements.

I asked several hundred college faculty and administrators in MPR's 

what they thought about college faculty hiring practices and the role that job candidates' politics (or values) should play.

So when can an institution nix the process and still call it fair?

Most who responded say all's fair at any stage before the 

 of a contract -- "People generally don't feel a job is really offered until there is a signed letter or contract," writes 

 faculty member Greg Filice -- though a few said a written 

 faculty member Georgia Holmes isn't alone in saying the issue is far from clear:

But Carolyn Schmidt, a full-time adjunct college instructor (online) in Wichita, Kansas, writes:

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After posting about the hiring flap between Hamline University and former Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, I wanted to get some views on a few elements. I asked several hundred college faculty and administrators in MPR’s Public Insight Network what they thought about college faculty hiring practices and the role that job candidates’ politics (or…

At what point is it fair to abandon the hiring of a faculty candidate?

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