This article reports that a five-year stretch of steady growth in the job market for academic historians is over. The number of job advertisements colleges have posted with the American Historical Association so far this academic year is down 15 percent from last year--the first decline since a slump that occurred in 2001-2002 and 2002-2003. The…

A report on the history job market reveals an increase in the number of faculty jobs advertised in the history association's magazine, "Perspectives" in 2005 even as the number of people earning doctorates in history is falling. However, historians are only cautiously optimistic about the healthier job prospects, and feel the trend may be…

Discusses how colleges are doing more to help academic couples, providing jobs for spouses of new hires as a way to make employment offers more attractive. A growing number of professors, however, say that the practice has gone too far and is unfair. (EV)

Profiles an economist, a literary scholar, a bioinformatics researcher, and an expert on Islam who found good jobs in a tight academic market. (EV)

Discusses how the job market for scholars of Islamic history, culture, and languages has never been better. (EV)

At Texas A&M University and the University of South Florida recent changes have limited some benefits of tenure. While these changes do not yet reflect a trend, some experts note that universities should deal with troublesome faculty members individually rather than by establishing rules eroding tenure for all. (SLD)

In what Carroll College president called "fiscally driven decisions," four professors failed to win tenure because they did not match "institutional needs." The decision caused great public outcry since each of the four professors excelled in teaching, research and service. What angered people most is that the college planned…

A salary-equity lawsuit filed against Illinois State University begun by three women faculty has become a major court battle over sex discrimination, involving 80% of the university's female professors and many who have left the institution. Some see discrimination as pervasive at the university; others have few complaints but want to support…

Reports on a decline in computer-science faculty despite rising student enrollments of computer-science majors. The faculty decline is ascribed to increasing jobs competition from industry and a decline in the number of doctorates being awarded in computer science and computer engineering. (DB)

A federally sponsored project called ACCESS is described, which is designed to help rural high school students in 27 counties of northwest Missouri obtain skills needed to attend college or trade school and then return to work in their communities. (MLW)