TTjob

PowerPoint Presentation:

Here is a copy of my presentation given at the 2014 ASP meeting in New Orleans.

Supporting Information:

An exploration of why it is so hard to find a tenure track job in academia:

Odinshoot , A. (2014). The Odds Are Never in Your Favor: Why the academic job market is like the Hunger Games. The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Schillebeeckx et al. (2013). The missing piece to changing the university culture. Nature Biotechnology 31: 938-941

The Coalition on the Academic Workforce (2012). A Portrait of Part-Time Faculty Members A Summary of Findings on Part-Time Faculty Respondents to the Coalition on the Academic Workforce Survey of Contingent Faculty Members and Instructors.

Weissmann, J., (2013). How Many Ph.D.'s Actually Get to Become College Professors? The Atlantic

Weissmann, J. (2013). The Ph.D Bust: America's Awful Market for Young Scientists. The Atlantic.

Weissmann, J. (2013). The Ph.D. Bust, Pt. II: How Bad Is the Job Market for Young American-Born Scientists? The Atlantic.

Yakoboski, P.J. (2011). Should I stay or should I go? The faculty retirement decision. TIAA-CREF Institute: Trends and Issues.

Documents on how to prepare a TT application and for an interview:

General Information:

Hall, S, and Moyle, L. (2007). Getting Yourself on the Shortlist: Observations and Thoughts on the Job Search From the Perspective of Members of a Faculty Search Committee

The Academic Job Interview:

Cottingham, K.T. (Date unknown). Questions to ask (and be prepared to answer) at academic job interviews, collected from diverse sources.

Herreid, C.F., and Full, R.J. (Date Unknown). Qualms and questions for an academic job interview.

Ornes, H. (2006). Ecology 101 Interviewing for academic jobs. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 34: 155-158.