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Higher Education Employment Report - Q3 2011
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HigherEdJobs publishes the Higher Education Employment Report each quarter to help administrators, policy makers, and journalists who cover higher education better understand current trends in higher education employment. Those seeking employment in academia may find the data and analysis helpful as well.
Key findings from the report for Q3 2011:
- The number of jobs in higher education continued to grow during Q3 2011 but at a moderating rate. In addition, the "market share" of higher education jobs compared to all U.S. jobs continued to expand.
- The number of advertisements for job openings in higher education continued to grow during the third quarter of 2011 but at a slower rate.
- Although colleges and universities continued to focus on hiring administrators and executives over faculty in Q3 2011, the ratio between the two components has remained fairly stable over the past year.
- Growth in community college job openings and employment began to moderate in Q3 2011.
- The increasing use of part-time employees in higher education may be abating.
- Colleges and universities appear to be increasing their reliance on part-time faculty while decreasing their reliance on part-time administrators.
- The Midwest outpaced all regions for higher education job posting growth during Q3 2011.
Click the links below to download the full report or view the news release.
- Employment Report
- File size: 628 KB
- File type: PDF (Portable Document Format)
- Requires: Adobe Reader, version 5.1 or newer
- News Release
- File size: 40 KB
- File type: PDF (Portable Document Format)
- Requires: Adobe Reader, version 5.1 or newer
