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Some administrators, however, consider the College Fellow Program to be more than a mere economic solution to the hiring slowdown. For some, the initiative also provides former graduate students the rare opportunity to spend a year developing their teaching skills, thereby making them more competitive in the job market.
“We’re continuing to graduate outstanding Ph.D. students who would love to go on to an academic career, but the market is not very strong for them,” he says. “Should we just have them flipping burgers or should we...
Eight of this year’s 21 fellows have received tenure-track positions at other universities, according to FAS Dean for Faculty Affairs and Planning Nina Zipser, who oversees the program. Seven others have been reappointed for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Nathanael Andrade—who specializes in ancient history—is one of the eight current college fellows who received a tenure-track position for next year. Andrade, who will work at West Virginia University in the fall, says that his time as a fellow this past year made...
Tomoko L. Kitagawa, a college fellow in the field of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, adds that the experience of having created the two courses she taught this year puts her a step ahead of the other graduate students with whom she will eventually compete for tenure-track positions.