Charting the course for early career academics: a longitudinal analysis of U.S. academic job market trends post-pandemic

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Ariangela J Kozik, Ada K Hagan, Nafisa Jadavi, Christopher Smith, Amanda Haage
Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, vol. 17(1), 2024, pp. 16-37

DOI: 10.1108/SGPE-10-2023-0095

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Kozik, A. J., Hagan, A. K., Jadavi, N., Smith, C., & Haage, A. (2024). Charting the course for early career academics: a longitudinal analysis of U.S. academic job market trends post-pandemic. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 17(1), 16–37. https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-10-2023-0095

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Kozik, Ariangela J, Ada K Hagan, Nafisa Jadavi, Christopher Smith, and Amanda Haage. “Charting the Course for Early Career Academics: a Longitudinal Analysis of U.S. Academic Job Market Trends Post-Pandemic.” Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education 17, no. 1 (2024): 16–37.

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Kozik, Ariangela J., et al. “Charting the Course for Early Career Academics: a Longitudinal Analysis of U.S. Academic Job Market Trends Post-Pandemic.” Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, vol. 17, no. 1, 2024, pp. 16–37, doi:10.1108/SGPE-10-2023-0095.

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@article{ariangela2024a,
  title = {Charting the course for early career academics: a longitudinal analysis of U.S. academic job market trends post-pandemic},
  year = {2024},
  issue = {1},
  journal = {Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education},
  pages = {16-37},
  volume = {17},
  doi = {10.1108/SGPE-10-2023-0095},
  author = {Kozik, Ariangela J and Hagan, Ada K and Jadavi, Nafisa and Smith, Christopher and Haage, Amanda}
}

Many speculated that the faculty job market would be severely impacted by the COVID-19
pandemic, potentially for years. Our examination of faculty job postings from 2018 to 2021
found that while they decreased in 2020, the market recovered in 2021. We also surveyed how
the pandemic affected the perceptions, behaviors, and outcomes of individuals on the faculty job
market in 2019–20 and 2020–21. Approximately 10% of the faculty job offers made to 2019–20
survey respondents were reported as rescinded. Respondents also reported altering their
application documents in response to the pandemic as well as delaying or even abandoning their
faculty job search. Thus, while the faculty job market may have recovered, the effect of the
pandemic on postdoctoral career choices may have future implications.