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That number is entirely false by the way. They divide the total number of open positions by number of new students for that year only. The denominator, of cours
by dkural 12y ago
That number is entirely false by the way. They divide the total number of open positions by number of new students for that year only. The denominator, of course, should include everyone looking for a tenure-track job: The entirety of post-grad pool for a few years, part-time faculty in adjunct / teaching jobs, foreign grad students delaying graduation (thus can stay in the country) due to lack of jobs, etc.
- Retric 12y agoAssuming the numbers are reasonably stable it's fairly accurate. Basicly, they don't care if someone waited 10 years they found a tenure track job so there 'in'. Which means some of this years graduates may a need to wait 10 years but the ratio should be close to jobs / graduates.
- jhardcastle 12y agoBut they only compared it against job listings on their own association website. This seems like incredibly lazy statistical research. They didn't look hard for a number, but instead accepted the first, easiest number they could generate as a "rough figure."