ERIC Number: ED607300
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Publication Date: 2015-Mar
Pages: 17
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The State of Linguistics in Higher Education Annual Report 2014. Second Edition
Heckathorn, James, Comp.; Friedman, Lauren, Comp.
Linguistic Society of America
In an effort to document demographic changes in the academic linguistics community, the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) has commissioned an annual report detailing information about job titles, students, degrees awarded, average salaries, and more. The report offers information about trends in student enrollment and employment by industry. Data for the report was compiled primarily from self-reported information to the LSA's online Directory of Linguistics Programs and Departments. It also includes information based on U.S. federal surveys of PhD linguists and institutions, along with data gleaned from the LSA membership database. Trends in linguistics for this year include: (1) The most common career outcome for linguistics PhDs is a position in higher education; (2) Within higher education, departments report that most members of their faculty are full professors, but the non-professorial category is growing, particularly for women in other full-time and part-time positions; (3) The field of linguistics is growing most rapidly for undergraduates, with an increase of approximately 120 more students awarded BA degrees annually for the past 13 years; (4) Most linguistics undergraduate degrees are awarded to women. Although women represent just over half of graduate students in linguistics, a number which has been increasing over the last 50 years, women comprise almost 65 percent of the undergraduate population; and (5) The top five specializations for graduate students in linguistics are: Syntax, Applied Linguistics, Phonology, Semantics, and Historical Linguistics. [This second edition is based on the original report prepared by Lauren Friedman and Alyson Reed. The data found in this edition were compiled with assistance from Dan Foley, Robert Townsend, and Michal Temkin Martinez. For the 2013 report, see ED607296.]
Descriptors: Linguistics, Professional Associations, Academic Degrees, Salaries, Trend Analysis, Enrollment Trends, Employment, Doctoral Degrees, Databases, National Surveys, Higher Education, College Faculty, Academic Rank (Professional), Undergraduate Students, Gender Differences, Specialization, Applied Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Semantics, Phonology, Syntax, Group Membership, Graduate Students, Educational Attainment, Financial Support, Student Teaching, Ethnicity, Citizenship
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
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