December 18, 2009 - On December 17, 2009, the Modern Language Association (MLA) released data projecting a 37% decline in faculty positions advertised in their Job Information List (JIL) in 2009-2010. The projected decline comes after a 26% decrease last year. This marks the two sharpest one-year declines in the history of the JIL, dating back to 1975-76. The Job Information List is considered to be an accurate indicator of trends in full-time faculty positions in language and literature, especally in the tenure track assistant professor positions sought by recent PhDs beginning academin careers.
The full Report on the MLA Job Information List, 2008-09 is available here.
