Lafayette College reviews

No job security. Management listens to students and not to faculty. Very less power to faculty. Internal politics and nepotism among engineering faculty at least. The politics in engineering department is really crass. Professors fight like students and students have so much more power than professors that I was warned by my colleagues - don't mess (give lower grades) with students. This place is going to humble you down as you will high school graduates wielding the whip on PhDs ! The evaluate you and if your first semester's evaluations are not good - well, you are doomed. I was an immigrant and they fired me just based on my first semester evaluations. My second semester evaluations were good but were not even considered. I was an engineering professor and was not allowed to use laboratories for my research which somewhat killed my research. The laboratory staff taunted me and fought with me, complaining to the chair, who took their sides ! So a very very bad experience. Please avoid at all cost. I had to teach five courses in my first semester and I was like a donkey of teaching ! A summary of everything: the college has student photographs in the hallways instead of the faculty. And whereas faculty have restricted access on weekends, student keys open all doors :)

- Not much experience gained. Mainly repetitive tasks.