May 2, 2003
Another Year in Limbo
It's hard to be upbeat when you still don't have a tenure-track jobWhen I began writing for The Chronicle, I was determined not to fall into the pattern of pessimism that characterizes a good many First Person pieces. Looking back over some past columns presents an array of soul-crushing experiences -- from tenure denials to institutional racism to disingenuous departmental promises to brutal academic snobbery -- that paint academe as a pit of vipers and an ash heap for
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