Life in Academe, Part I: The Pipeline

By Kenneth C. Green. February is a busy time in the academic hiring cycle.  This is when departmental and institutional committees scour resumes and interview candidates for faculty and administrative positions that will typically begin not in the coming weeks (as would be the case with off-campus, non-academic jobs) but for the coming academic year that, depending on the position and campus calendar, begins in July, August, or September. More...