The world is a smaller place than it used to be, and a Ph.D. from the U.S. counts as the local equivalent in most countries. Those who have degrees in English or a foreign language are more likely to ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The 2013-14 academic year saw a decline in faculty openings in English and foreign languages ...

In the early days of the internet, when remote work first started taking off, there were quite a few jobs out there for ...

In the 1990s, efforts at Georgetown University to start a doctorate in English fell apart because of concerns about the dim employment prospects for graduates. Today those job worries have only ...

How bad has the academic job market in English gotten? Well, it depends on how you frame the question. There is no doubt we are at historic lows. In 2007-8, the Modern Language Association advertised ...

The Department of English at the University at Buffalo has a long and successful record of placing students in both academic and non-academic careers. Some of our alums hold tenured positions at ...