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