Tim O'Keefe (Georgia State) writes:
Saw the following at http://www.apaonline.org/ :
"The National Office has not received a sufficient number of employment ads to warrant publishing a May 2009 issue of Jobs for Philosophers, No. 182. Therefore, there will not be a JFP print issue published in May. Web only ads (if any) will continue to be published on-line from May through the summer months."
Thought it might be worth noting on your blog, as it does reflect the overall terrible job market--I must say I'm rather surprised that the May JFP would be particularly sparse, since I thought a lot of places not filling TT slots because of the economy would still be in the market for cheaper adjuncts and the like to teach their classes, and the May JFP often has ads for those sorts of positions.
Also, I'm surprised that the APA would make this decision. Even if the number of ads is low, how much would it cost the APA to send out a 4-page-long total JFP, one newsprint sheet folded in half? They seem to have the money to send out chunky bound copies of Proceedings and Addresses several times a year to all members.
What do readers make of this? Departments that were unable to hire tenure-track faculty this year, how are you meeting your teaching needs? Have departments also been denied temporary and adjunct positions? Signed comments please.
