There is a good blog post at Inside Higher Ed today about the struggle between commitment to a particular place and the realities of the academic job climate. Dana Campbell writes that she and her husband (both from the West Coast) assumed that their time on the East Coast would be temporary, and that even their faculty appointments in Maryland would be short. She continues: … [Read more...] about Location and Academia
Finding Work
Chapter 1: Up to the Minute Publishing
Questions inspired by and related to You've Read the Headlines. Now, Quick, Read the Book (by Motoko Rich, NY Times, 3/29/2009, posted at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/books/30quic.html) Questions: How does this necessity/predisposition for more, deeper material ASAP affect popular writing by academics and academic publishing in cutting edge fields of technology? Are there particular topics, themes, fields which deserve (possibly even demand) a longer time frame for consideration during the … [Read more...] about Chapter 1: Up to the Minute Publishing
Where the tenure track jobs are. …
Some news related to Mike's earlier post Hard Times, Come Again No More. ... According to the Chronicle of Higher Education article For Some, Hard Times Make Hiring Easier: some institutions are going against the grain of the poor economy and appointing new professors. This decision has given those campuses an edge, yielding top-quality candidates who might not have been within reach in a more-competitive job market. -- by Robin Wilson, from the issue dated March 13, 2009. Of course, the competition is high at these … [Read more...] about Where the tenure track jobs are. …
Hard Times, Come Again No More
Last week, the NY Times published a depressing story about the state of tenure-track jobs. This gives you feel for the article: Fulltime faculty jobs have not been easy to come by in recent decades, but this year the new crop of Ph.D. candidates is finding the prospects worse than ever. Public universities are bracing for severe cuts as state legislatures grapple with yawning deficits. At the same time, even the wealthiest private colleges have seen their endowments sink and donations slacken since the financial … [Read more...] about Hard Times, Come Again No More
Director, School of Education, Colorado State
Tenure-track positions can be hard to find, and many universities are cutting back on hiring, but Colorado State is looking for a new Director for their School of Education. I know there are many education scholars in ESN, so perhaps this is a perfect fit for someone. The full position description can be downloaded as a PDF here. … [Read more...] about Director, School of Education, Colorado State