Prospects for Faculty in the Arts and Sciences : : A Study of Factors Affecting Demand and Supply, 1987 to 2012 / / Julie Ann Sosa, William G. Bowen.
This thought-provoking study of academic job markets over the next quarter century uses rigorous analysis to project substantial excess demand for faculty starting in the 1997-2002 period. Particularly severe imbalances are projected in the humanities and social sciences. Contrary to popular impress...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1989 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The William G. Bowen Series ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction
- CHAPTER TWO. Age Distributions and Exits from Academia
- CHAPTER THREE. Population Trends and Enrollment Projections
- CHAPTER FOUR. Enrollment by Sector and Field of Study: Trends and Projections
- CHAPTER FIVE. Student/Faculty Ratios and Projections of Faculty Positions
- CHAPTER SIX. The Supply of New Doctorates
- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Changing Balance between Supply and Demand
- CHAPTER EIGHT. Adjustment Mechanisms
- CHAPTER NINE. Questions of Policy
- APPENDIX A. Principal Sources of Data and Definitions of Fields of Study and Sectors
- APPENDIX B. Derivation of Exit Probabilities
- APPENDIX C. Correcting for Shifts in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions
- APPENDIX D. Additional Tables for Chapters Four, Six, and Seven
- Publications Cited