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>academia's a non-concern by this point. Could you expand on what you mean by this? I'm just curious what your viewpoint is.

• greenyoda 14y ago
  Most academic jobs available these days are low-paid, part-time, non-tenure-track adjunct faculty positions, which don't bring a lot of prestige. The academia bubble burst quite a while ago, leaving lots of people with PhDs feeling the same as the law school grads feel today.
• michaelochurch 14y ago
  The academic career and the "life of the mind" are done-for in this society. The US has already decided that it doesn't care about these things, and there really isn't an option to turn back. There will be demand for teaching, for sure, but basic research is gone and the academic career no longer has the resources to create enough decent positions that would entice the top people to stay. What's happening now is that the best people are going into industry, and spending time in academia after they are rich enough to retire. I wouldn't be surprised if that's the future of academia: a place where successful older people teach the young, but not a lifelong career.
  • philwelch 14y ago
    We're employing more academics than ever. The problem is that we're producing even more grad students than we have academic positions, because academia's self-replication behaviors have metastasized.