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Faculty members at Saint Louis University are raising questions about whether a recent $50 million gift to create a research institute gave inappropriate control over hiring to the donors, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The concerns follow the news that the director of the center was selected jointly by the business school dean and the donors, without faculty input. While many donors specify that their gifts are for certain topics, they typically do not decide who gets hired to do the work. University officials said that the director's position was a staff position, not a faculty position, but professors noted that the person was given a faculty title. University officials have since pledged that the donors will not play a role in faculty hiring.
