tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post5460486539287907093..comments2024-03-28T02:46:03.227-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: Roundup on the History Profession and Historians at WorkRandallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-29600864428043788662012-05-05T10:59:20.035-04:002012-05-05T10:59:20.035-04:00I have heard that has been a trend, cutting spots ...I have heard that has been a trend, cutting spots left by older retiring faculty. Interesting. Discouraging.Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-73914836978903353502012-05-05T08:11:30.111-04:002012-05-05T08:11:30.111-04:00I'm not buying the argument that faculty over ...I'm not buying the argument that faculty over 60 are crowding out new Ph.D.'s. That may be the case at prestigious Research I's like Cornell. My experience in the lesser regions of the academic world don't bear this out,especially in the Liberal Arts. Retirements by senior faculty are not being replaced at the same rate, if at all. Senior faculty at my uni are not retiring because they know that the department's offerings will be significantly reduced. When they have retired (or died), departments have been left with huge curricular holes. Full disclosure: I'm a not-quite 50, mid-career academic. I'd love to have new, dynamic Ph.D.s as my colleagues, but I'm next expecting my university to replace the three faculty we have lost anytime soon.csccathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086267403885905754noreply@blogger.com