Discusses the kinds of selection criteria Christian colleges use in screening potential job candidates. (HOD)

Considers the inappropriate question in the particular context of the Modern Language Association (MLA) interview--interviews for academic positions which take place at the MLA convention. Mentions questions that are illegal as well as inappropriate. Encourages "planning" for inappropriate questions. (PA)

Argues that part-time teachers should receive the status and benefits granted full time college English teachers with similar competencies, qualifications, and experience. (RB)

Answers two questions regarding preparing English teachers for two-year colleges: whether a PhD is appropriate for teaching in a two-year college (yes and no); and what graduate departments can do to help their students find work (candidates for two-year college teaching jobs need teaching experience beyond traditional freshman composition…

A discussion of the relationship of scholarship to teaching begins with an examination of what "Publish or Perish" does and does not mean in the English profession. The reasons for publishing and the consideration scholarship is given for salary increases and promotions are discussed. One of several conclusions made is that in spite of…

Presents a study that assesses the impact of business and technical writing courses on English departments and their faculty. Concludes that because of increasing enrollments in business and technical writing classes, a need for people with expertise in composition and literature and for P.H.D. graduates with training in business and technical…

Stresses the need for English department chairpersons to gather and present information about teaching, to see that some consistent form of faculty evaluation is maintained, and to work at identifying teaching competence and supporting teaching excellence throughout the year. (GW)

Describes the problems that those in search of a teaching position at the college level will encounter during the job search and how to combat those problems with tailored, easy-to-read cover letters and resumes and a planned, researched strategy for each interview obtained. (JC)

Describes techniques used by the University of South Florida in recruiting Ph.D. students and in making its graduates competitive in the job market by helping them to become effective teachers and to demonstrate their ability to publish their writing. (GT)

Points out that graduate programs in English should prepare students to meet the actualities of the employment market and the needs of departments that may hire them. (GW)

Notes that tremendous changes have taken place at universities in China during the 1990s with the shift from centralized planning to the market economy. Suggests that campus culture in China is strongly influenced by the market economy, and that the new culture and situation on Chinese higher education offers more job opportunities to foreign…