The job crisis for faculty jobs — especially for new Ph.D.’s looking for tenure-track jobs — is spreading

by E Wayne Ross on January 4, 2010

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The job crisis for faculty jobs — especially for new Ph.D.’s looking for tenure-track jobs — is spreading.

Data being released this week by the American Historical Association and the American Economic Association reveal sharp drops in the number of available positions in their respective disciplines. Coming just weeks after the Modern Language Association revealed historic drops in the availability of jobs for English and foreign language professors, the data show that while new English and foreign language Ph.D.’s may have a particularly tough time finding employment, they are by no means alone.