Economic Woes Hit the Academic Job Circuit

From confidential sources I have heard of at least two academic institutions, one in the Boston area and one on the West Coast, that have canceled their new faculty searches due to the current financial crisis. How widespread is the problem? We'll have to wait and see.

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The new faculty lines awarded to our college were substantially fewer than years past. I know that the economic crisis was the cause.

What departments?

By Acme Scientist (not verified) on 06 Nov 2008 #permalink

Sorry, I can't give you exact names & places.

One institution droped a search in at least one biomedical science department, as for the other place, I'm not sure, but it sounds like several departments may have been told to stop their searches.

Next time someone asks me how come I'm on my 5th year of postdoc I'm gonna punch him in the mouth.

It's inevitable. The endowments of most schools and foundations are likely to decline substantially, more so than in 2001 even.

By bystander (not verified) on 08 Nov 2008 #permalink

There are Wiki sites that discuss the schools that have openings and which have closed (along with which places are interviewing as we speak).
For Chemistry (including biochemistry):
http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/ChemistryPositions

For biomedical sciences (genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, immunology, developmental, cell biology, and biochemistry in bio departments):
http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Cell_Biology/Molecular_Biology/Develop…

By ponderingfool (not verified) on 17 Nov 2008 #permalink