Rider University Reviews

Pros

Working on campus as a student might be challenging, but the staff at Rider's athletic department is second to none.

Cons

Work management and balancing class work with a part-time job.

Pros

there are no PhD or DMA students at WCC, so MM students get to be and the "top of the foodchain" of graduate students, compared to other programs where MM students can sometimes be treated like glorified undergrads. some professors will try to help you get published very early in your career as a contributing or co-author in journals or in their next book. but now WCC as we knew it (incl. the Princeton campus) is basically dead, doing your MM here is pretty much worthless, reputationally.

Cons

WCC professors routinely exploit the goodwill of their most eager students and push them to the breaking point, and turn around and cast blame on everyone but themselves (be it trying to shift blame onto colleagues, other students, etc.). none of the work or network I did her has ever translated into meaningful professional opportunities in either teaching or arts management. certain staff members (performance management in particular) would routinely make racist comments about international students behind their backs, often within earshot of several other students, and would try to undermine them, particularly to undergrads. staff and professors alike would also often develop highly inappropriately close friendships with specific graduate students that created major power imbalances, favoritism, and streams of inappropriate gossip in every part of WCC.

Pros

There were nice people for the most part

Cons

Raises do not happen ever

Pros

great community and exciting mission

Cons

uncertain higher education landscape unsettling

Pros

Allow for independence, Faculty are supportive of one another and very collegial. .Great benefits for employee (adding spouse and children are costly). Beautiful small campus, great students, involved and talented faculty.

Cons

Admin and Faculty are at odds a lot of the time. Union goes to bat for faculty and negotiates for everyone - which is good. Pressure to get enrollment in the college is stressful. Like most colleges today- lower enrollments are the cause of many issues. There is a deep divide between faculty and administration.

Pros

Amazing! A great place to work

Cons

None I can think of

Pros

pays for 2 classes a semester

Cons

not appreciated, does the work a full time employee would be doing

Pros

Minimum Wage and a Fine Environment

Cons

Fine Environment and Fine Place

Pros

* department-level colleagues nice and helpful

Cons

* administration constantly creating chaotic work environment * threats of layoffs and instability

Pros

remote with some in-person meetings allows you to expand your portfolio

Cons

supervisor can be rude at times