Penn State?

[whistle_nutz]

Scrolling through Higheredjobs today, I came across this ad:

https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177282359&Title=Tenure%20Track%20Faculty

Is this as bad as it looks - that administration is doing some quick hiring (and firing?) in response to faculty's concerns and objections about back-to-campus plans? Or, is this something else? Anybody know anything about this job posting?

[kaysixteen]

Perhaps the simplest solution is that the date is an error, that the jobs start next fall instead?

[sinenomine]

Penn State has posted over 400 job openings in the past week. Is this a reaction to the 1000+ employees who have signed the letter of concern about the reopening plans?

[Hibush]

Are they turning all their adjuncts into TT positions, and these are all internal searches?
Did they have a bunch of failed searches because the prospects didn't like the terms when they were finally presented?
Has Penn State decided that the Humanities need to be greatly expanded?

[LeastSquares]

Perhaps they have  a lot of voluntary separation agreements lined up? I know my institution was offering these to help with the budget and actually received more applications than they anticipated. At a huge system like Penn State an unexpectedly high number of such applications could result in a number of openings?

[whistle_nutz]

Fair question: would these be scab positions?