Pros
Transit close by to the greater parts of the city
Near the sea and well stocked shopping center with in 10 minute walk
Slowly improving its image with better marketing
Establishing a better undergraduate residential experience becoming a more traditional institution
Cons
Pay is one of the lowest in the CSU system in one of the most expensive cities
As a CSU, struggling financially to retain and recruit talented staff
As the city has become whiter and more expensive, the school is very white in leadership. The handful of POC are tokenized as the first and only
Retention for POC staff is really is the staff need to be in the city. The work isn’t as relevant and it shows. Not passionate about the work anymore
Instead of pushing people out, they let them rot until people leave or other staff leave out of frustration for the lack of accountability and improvement from senior leaders
Among POC there’s not much diversity. Once there was a littler more but those staff left due to lack of common experiences and treated a check box for diversity.
Many have left due to erratic or toxic supervisors that wear them down enough to find another job with better pay or outside education all together.