Honest Academic Job Listings. So true, it'll make you cry. The history ad (shown) is about my current position to a tee. I am gleefully NOT doing the job they hired me for, by the by.
Full article here: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/honest-academic-job-postings
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JacqMac 😂 So true. My husband is an associate professor. Academia is not what it used to be. 5y
tournevis @JacqMac To tell the truth, I don't think it ever really was “what it used to be“, but it's become commercialized and about financial gain for the institution more than for creation of knowledge. It was always about hoarding knowledge from those who can't pay to sit in the chairs, but now it simply is more mercantile than ever. 5y
rachelm Wow this is sooo true lol 5y
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Eggs As an adjunct professor, I can relate 5y
tournevis @Eggs I am so sorry. adjuncts are so important and so exploited. It breaks my heart. We finally successfully won that adjuncts could become permanent positions after two years and get benefits. That was just a few years ago. But we have a union here. I know for a fact most US colleges and unis do not. 5y
tournevis @rachelm It is! 5y
Eggs @tournevis ❤️👏🏻❤️ 5y
JacqMac @tournevis True. But it would be really nice to have the security of tenure again. It‘s such a rarity in some departments. 5y
tournevis @JacqMac I know. It was hard in the 1990s because departments simply weren't opening positions, but when they did, positions were tenure track. Today, in my department, there is one adjunct or teaching fellow for every professor. 5y
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