Perhaps you were being sarcastic, Al; it's hard to tell on email. If you weren't kidding, here are my reactions to your post:
1. The existence of an I/O program at a school doesn’t ensure the faculty will be willing to change decades old approaches to selection. We don’t expect the physics faculty who subscribe to a big bang origin theory to convince all other faculty to abandon their creationist views of the origins of the universe, for example. 2. Selection is an inexact science at best. Assuming that we as I/Os can convince others that we should conduct a careful job analysis, focus on those aspects that can be selected for at entry, and then review applicant files with those key dimensions in mind, we won’t know until some subsequent date that we were successful in those hiring decisions. Hiring faculty is an especially difficult prospect because the job is, for the most part, ill defined. 3. Generally speaking, legal considerations prevent us from using irrelevant past criminal activity in making a decision. Specifically, misdemeanor offenses as was the case in Dr. Dunn, would not have been a legitimate “knock out” factor. The offense would need to be relevant to the job. Or, what does shoplifting have to do with good teaching? I would be interested in knowing more about your (implied) sinister interpretation, Al. What would that interpretation be? Jan Kottke CSUSB ----- Original Message ----- From: Al Shealy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:16 pm Subject: Good news and bad news > First, the bad news: > Social psychologist Kerri Dunn is being charged with two felony > counts and > one misdemeanor: > http://www.nbc4.tv/education/3240200/detail.html > > The good news: > Al Sharpton wants her to be his campaign manager in '08. > > More interesting news: > Dunn was offered a job at Florida International Univ. but didn't > reply by > the deadline. Don't Claremont and FIU have I/O programs that > (supposedly)teach about valid selection tools? I guess that > explains why all of us > really good professors are stuck at places like Colum. State. The good > schools are using invalid selection tests. Or perhaps there's > somethingmore sinister going on... > > Al Shealy > CSU > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-tips- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
