April 11, 2003

Reaching the Promised Land

By MADISON RANDOLPH

After a long and winding road, a Ph.D. in English makes it on the tenure track.

For job seekers in those fields governed by the Modern Language Association, there is no "cruellest month." The cold weeks stretching from late November to early March provide almost an entire quarter's worth of anxiety and disillusionment.

Our cautiously enthusiastic scanning of the job listings gives way to disappointment when the calls for interviews fail to materialize. As our families prepare for

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