[lbo-talk] Academic jobs? Really?

Christian Gregory christian11 at mindspring.com
Tue Mar 30 05:21:06 PST 2004



>CGE and the MLA have crunched some of these numbers, I think, and the
problem isn't jobs being converted or overproduction of PhDs, it's that full-time jobs are disappearing for good.

How can this be true? If full-time jobs are disappearing for good, then, assuming the demand for higher ed is going up, the only way all the teaching can get done is if grad students or adjuncts are doing it. Not renewing a full-time line but taking 10% more grad students every year--as many programs are doing--is converting jobs, no?

Christian



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