October 24, 2008

Job Market: Optimism, Tempered by Worries

By AUDREY WILLIAMS JUNE and CAITLIN MORAN

Prospects for Ph.D.'s in some fields are decent, despite economic woes

This time of year, the academic job market is marked by doctoral students and Ph.D.'s trolling though job ads and painstakingly assembling application packets.

But with the economy in a tailspin, new sources of anxiety have surfaced for job seekers. Steep budget cuts, either anticipated or in place, threaten many colleges. So do hiring freezes or slowdowns. Some institutions are already couching their job ads

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