One of our Canadian buddies - Beaver Bill we call him! - often turns us on to cool academic articles from Canadian publications. (He never sends us a Maple Leafs jersey, even though we've often given him our sizes, but what can you do?)This one, about the proffie job market, seems especially lively reading. Make sure you dig down to the comments section as well.
First some flava, then click the link to see the rest.
Forget grad school!
Why the academic labour market may not be about to open up
By Carson Jerema
July 23rd, 2008 Macleans.Ca OnCampus
For those taking the PhD plunge, the prospect of finding meaningful employment has always been a concern. Despite rosy predictions from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), the PhD job market may be heading into another tight period.
For those taking the PhD plunge, the prospect of finding meaningful employment has always been a concern. Despite rosy predictions from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), the PhD job market may be heading into another tight period.
From the early 1990s to about 1998, the number of employed university professors (of all ranks) shrunk by 3,000, or close to 10 per cent. Many tenured positions were eliminated through retrenchment policies where universities calculated that paying out professors willing to retire early would lead to a more stable financial footing in the long run.
