February 16, 2009

Could I Have Picked a Worse Time?

By PHIL DECKER

A newly tenured professor goes back on the job market with little luck, but at least his job is safe. Or is it?

Everyone knows the economy is bad, but the crisis never seems real until it hits you.

After earning tenure at my regional Midwestern university, I decided that I wanted more out of my career, so I went back on the job market this year, looking to move up. I hoped to find a new tenure-track position in the natural sciences at a Ph.D.-granting institution. I was brimming

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