Even tenured professors are less secure today than they once were. Minnesota tried to eliminate tenure and something is afoot in NY. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Jason H. asks: >>Is there anyone out there who isn't insecure > about their job?????????<< > > It's one of my more annoying habits to respond to rhetorical > questions, so here goes: > > insecurity is a matter of degree. (Tenured profs like me are more > secure than workers at a chicken-packing plant.) My proposition > is that the degree of insecurity of jobs has been steadily > increasing for the last 20 or so years. > > in pen-l solidarity, > > Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ. > 7900 Loyola Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045-8410 USA > 310/338-2948 (daytime, during workweek); FAX: 310/338-1950 > "It takes a busload of faith to get by." -- Lou Reed. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
