Submitted by Scott Jaschik on December 4, 2008 - 4:00am
With big disciplinary meetings about to start, some reliable measures start to appear about how many colleges are really hiring -- and the news isn't good.
Submitted by Scott Jaschik on December 5, 2008 - 4:00am
Key study for first time features ethnic breakdowns, finding that white and Latino professors hold similar views but that some minority groups are less happy.
Submitted by Scott Jaschik on December 17, 2008 - 4:00am
History group reminds departments that age discrimination is illegal. Does academe have a problem when it comes to evaluating candidates who aren't freshly minted Ph.D.'s?
Submitted by Scott Jaschik on January 5, 2009 - 4:00am
As analysis suggests decline of 15 percent or more in openings, those on the job market and those hiring ponder choices and trade rumors about next searches to be called off.
Tenure-track jobs are harder than ever to find, with the economic mess prompting many colleges to grow even more cautious about hiring anyone on the tenure track. Tenure-track openings are being put on hold. Searches are being called off every day. Many who worry that higher education has created a faculty of two tiers -- the privileged tenured class and the overused and abused adjuncts -- have been told that this year is simply not the year in which to promote change.
Following series of controversial political appointments, chancellor position for Alabama Community College System now must be publicly advertised when vacant.
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