Eva, That is so true. Keeping the morale high is always a challenge and there are so many things that contribute to that. In my mind, it is treating faculty and staff with dignity and respect. In a former life, we were having issues with faculty threatening to organize. In response to that effort, I wrote the twelve habits of successful faculty administration. It began with "Treat everyone with dignity and respect." One of our many issues was that administration failed to provide faculty with the tools they needed to teach; e.g. working copier, white board markers, erasers, etc. Faculty would purchase their own and not be reimbursed. When you do those kinds of things, faculty are going to react negatively and look outside for representation. So when attempting to retain employees, our behaviors can drive the end results. Dr. Patricia Kapper