[lbo-talk] Academic jobs? Really?

[Dennis Redmond]

> 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.

Class sizes keep going up.

The MLA's latest figures show total new English + foreign lit jobs are
likely to crash another 15%-20% this fall. Per student, this is the worst
job market in the lit biz in US history. And, to quote a line from "Max
Payne", the pain is just beginning.

-- DRR