The impact of the current employment situation on hiring faculty for community college teaching is examined. It is concluded that prospects for improving the quality of learning in community colleges are not particularly enhanced by the apparently growing surplus of new PhDs in our field. On the contrary, it is suggested that hiring PhDs for community college teaching can be a serious mistake. Most PhDs would not be happy working under community college conditions; e.g., teaching only basic courses with virtually not support for research or other professional activities. Moreover, education toward a doctorate does not prepare these graduates to do the kind of job needed in a community college. (Author/KM)