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...Overall, what we hear from the national media and from professional associations is that academic jobs are certainly not as good as they were predicted to be five or six or seven years ago when these folks began working for their degrees," says Russell E. Berg, dean of admissions and financial aid at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS...
...There have been] predictions about retirements which haven't happened as quickly as thought," Berg says. "More importantly, when people retire, the slots are being rethought...
According to Berg, a tightening economy has led to downsizing in many academic communities. In addition, since mandatory retirement caps have been lifted, aging professors wait longer to leave their positions. When they finally retire, many universities consider replacing them with temporary faculty--or not replacing them...
...change is recent enough that many of the students who are today looking for consulting or technical jobs entered the Ph.D. program planning to work in academia, according to Berg...
What's a Loveless woman to do? Simple: stare back at the man who done her wrong and give him caustic advice. The album's first single, a cool Matraca Berg easy-rockin' plaint, says it tartly: "You can feel bad if it makes you feel better." That's the '90s cad for you. He'll take a little short-term guilt--and instant absolution from the woman he's left in the dust...