Pros
This is an academic focused institute with small class sizes (~30 students), if you can avoid the politics you can have a great relationships with your students.
Cons
Low salaries especially considering in NYC. Administration does not care about improving the school but instead is using college as a stepping stone (i.e. Provost running for public office!!!). Administration has changed since 2009. Good side is they are focused on increasing revenue. The bad side is that they are not willing to use funds properly to improve the college. Specifically they have created multiple necessary departments for a college to be successful. Many Director roles have been created but have not been given basic support to succeed. High turnover of faculty/staff, especially the very talented ones. Faculty are becoming frustrated with administrations move towards an online focused institute to compete with massive open online courses (MOOCs) rather than support their current faculty. Adjuncts Professors are looking to unionize with the help of AAUP.
