Arthur,
Welcome to the world of the arts. Out of 5,650 graduates a year in vocal
performing arts programs there are about 300 full time jobs. We are told by the
economists that making a living at something else means that we should be happy
to do the art for free. Welcome to the world of lean and agile thought and
virtual reality. Prooducktivity. I wonder who thought that one up. So far
only Mike Hollinshead has commented on our Nobel Laureate (Friedman) and his
fear of having to pay taxes for the common good. Thank you Mike for rising
from your sickbed.
regards,
Ray
Cordell, Arthur: DPP wrote:
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> DOWN AND OUT IN ACADEMIA
> If you left college or university more than 10 or 15 years ago you might be
> surprised to know how marginalized the academic life has become for those
> engaged in such studies as English, foreign language, comparative
> literature, linguistics and classics. The Modern Language Association (MLA)
> predicts that fewer than half of the graduates of Ph.D. programs finishing
> between 1996 and 2000 will be able to get a full-time, tenure-track job
> within a year of finishing their programs. Why are there not enough
> full-time jobs to go around? Because 47% of teaching loads in higher
> education are handled by part-time graduate students (paid $8,000 to $15,000
> for half-time work) or part-time nontenured instructors (with part-time
> Ph.D.s often earning about a third of what graduate students get). The MLA
> is of two minds about this predicament. One faction says liberal arts
> Ph.D.s should forget academia and get a job in the real world (private
> investigator, Hallmark greeting card writer, investment banker, astrologer,
> speechwriter, book buyer, etc.) The other faction says: join a union.
> (Sarah Boxer, "Professors Or Proletarians? A Test For Downtrodden
> Academics," New York Times 16 Jan 99) http://www.nytimes.com
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