The individual is expected to develop an effective research program. Teaching load, research support, and fringe benefits are competitive with top-tier liberal arts colleges. At least one year of teaching experience is required. The University of Minnesota, Morris is a 1900 student, four-year undergraduate, public, liberal arts college. As a public liberal arts college it combines the liberal arts educational mission with moderate tuition costs that make it accessible to broader segments of the public than most private institutions.
Admissions are selective, and the dominant student culture is hardworking and serious.
The majority of the student body is from the rural and small town mainstream of the Midwest, however, UMM also has a significant minority student population, drawn from a range of origins. The economics and management program is an integrated department with a collegial faculty of seven persons working together to fashion an outstanding student experience centered on undergraduate research. Several members of our faculty have a heterodox orientation. We are a relatively junior faculty group, due to generational turnover from our founding 40 years ago. The standard teaching load is 5 courses per year.