By Ellen Wexler
After submitting a records request, David M. Hughes received an Excel spreadsheet summing up his productivity as a scholar.
The numbers seemed straightforward: He had written three articles, won two awards, and published two books. He had received no grant money. And that, according to context provided on the spreadsheet, put him above the national average for publishing and awards.
But Mr. Hughes, president of the Rutgers University faculty union, knows that his data were flawed. In the time periods measured, he had written only one article and received one award. He had also received a $37,500 grant.
“They are undercutting my reputation in some ways and actually inflating my reputation in other ways,” he said. “It’s all intellectually dishonest.”
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