Prospects for Faculty in the Arts and Sciences ：A Study of Factors Affecting Demand and Supply, 1987 to 2012 ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication subTitle ：A Study of Factors Affecting Demand and Supply, 1987 to 2012

Publication series ：Princeton Legacy Library

Author： Bowen William G.;Sosa Julie Ann;;  

Publisher： Princeton University Press‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: 9781400860517

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691042596

Subject： F2 Economic Planning and Management;F24 labour economy;G4 Education

Keyword： 教育,经济计划与管理

Language： ENG

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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 impressions, however, these projected shortages are not caused by any unusual "bunching" of retirements. The authors' discussion of factors affecting the outlook for academic employment includes information on changes in the age distributions of faculties, trends in enrollment, shifts in the popularity of fields of study, changes in the faculty-student ratio, and the continuing increase in the time spent by the typical graduate student in obtaining a doctorate.

This work will appeal to a broad audience. It will be essential reading for those who are responsible for determining the size and character of graduate programs in universities, for aspiring academics who are looking for a sense of their job prospects, for college and university faculty members and administrators who must recruit new colleagues, and for those interested in the federal role in higher education.

Originally published in 1989.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while pres

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Cover

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Age Distributions and Exits from Academia

3. Population Trends and Enrollment Projections

4. Enrollment by Sector and Field of Study: Trends and Projections

5. Student/Faculty Ratios and Projections of Faculty Positions

6. The Supply of New Doctorates

7. The Changing Balance Between Supply and Demand

8. Adjustment Mechanisms

9. 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

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