Globe and Mail: Black days for those dreaming of the ivory tower
Graduate students hoping for tenure-track positions face bleak prospects as universities cut budgets and freeze hiring
McGill graduate student Ashley Burgoyne has one word to sum up the outlook this spring for freshly minted PhDs with dreams of getting on the tenure track. Scary.
McGill graduate student Ashley Burgoyne, an expert in music technology, worries that he won’t find full-time work at a university. (John Morstad for The Globe and Mail)
McGill graduate student Ashley Burgoyne, an expert in music technology, worries that he won’t find full-time work at a university.
The economic crisis that has gripped the globe is hitting campuses across the country. Universities are cutting budgets, and for many schools that means putting hiring plans into deep freeze. Add to that federal cuts to research funding, a new reluctance by senior faculty to retire, and dwindling endowment funds to support scholars, and the picture grows grim.
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