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Exploitive and Toxic - Community Faculty Metropolitan State University Employee Review

1.0
22 June 2023
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Pros

Many of the students are wonderful and course design & teaching can be enjoyable.

Cons

CLA is in crisis. The most recent dean was removed from her position after a faculty no confidence vote because she gutted the entire college in order to further her political agenda. She fired many highly rated, hardworking longterm faculty, non-contractually cancelled courses, and harassed and gaslit her staff. Many grievances were filed against her. She is being sued. The university removed her as dean, but promoted her to provost. She managed to do lasting damage during her time in the college and the school will not be the same. It has never been an institution that valued its faculty, but job security is, at this point, non-existent. For an institution staffed by academic Marxists, they have shockingly little regard for workers. I would not recommend working there. I gave it two stars only because course design is fun and rewarding and the students are mostly interesting to work with.

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5.0
11 Feb 2026
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Pros

The community and faculty the university served was phenomenal.

Cons

Can be a bit unorganized sometimes and wasn't as structured.

2.0
24 Mar 2026
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Pros

If you can't afford or can't get into the University of Minnesota, and you can't afford or don't want to leave the Metro, Metro State is the college of last resort.

Cons

It was a toxic workplace before I started, and it continued to be a toxic workplace after I left. I take comfort in the fact that the people who made it toxic continue to work there, and the people who tried to make a difference were able to get out.

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