[lbo-talk] Academic jobs? Really?

[Alan Jacobson]

Here at Wayne State, class section size is increasing
rapidly. The administrative department I work in does
position control and I haven't seen signficantly
increased academic hiring (normal level of ebb and
flow).

Univ of Michigan and Michigan State have instituted
caps in freshman enrollment, which in a very shortterm
way will be good for 1) Wayne and 2) the other
Michigan state universities (from an application and
tuition revenue sense, closing the gap caused by
reductions in state appropriations), but is very
hazardous if we can't get these students into the
sections they need due to overcrowding.