Two Ph.D. candidates experience a brief and unexpected respite from the usual coldness and bad manners of the hiring process.

Financial analysts predict that small, tuition-dependent colleges with modest endowments could close during this recession, but the president of one such college is counting on its strengths to help it survive.

When will we realize it's time to take advantage of the economic turmoil and restructure the faculty labor system?

Much harder than leading a college is closing one.

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