April 17, 2009

Generation Gaps Are Evident in Professors' Views of Their Jobs

By Peter Schmidt

San Diego

For college professors who are members of the baby-boom generation, the Rolling Stones’ song “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” may resonate as more than just a youthful memory, the results of a new study suggest.

Compared with faculty members who are older or younger than they are, baby-boomer professors are much less satisfied, over all, with their jobs, according to findings from the study, which was presented here this week at the annual conference of the American

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