Monday, October 20, 2008

Academic job market during a recession

The Chronicle of Higher Ed informally surveys supply and demand across academic disciplines: Job Market: Optimism, Tempered by Worries--Prospects for Ph.D.'s in some fields are decent, despite economic woes
(ungated version here for five days: http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=28qCgnMR5vznkhvXJdjPyXrMks4NssKk)

In a recession following a stock market decline, more professors may delay retirement, state universities may freeze hiring, non-academic hiring may slow down, all of which could potentially affect academic hiring, both by changing demand and by changing the nature of demand (e.g. changing the mix of tenure track versus other positions).

1 comment:

Academic Job Search said...

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