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Saturday, November 08, 2008

The Future's So Dark, I Gotta Wear Giant Light-Gathering Telescopes

Colleges across the nation facing severe crisis accompanied with hiring freezes and outright cutbacks.

Picked a hell of a time to be on the academic job market, didn't I?

Time to start making backup plans I guess.

Posted by Erik Loomis at 9:43 AM  

Labels: Erik Loomis, Financial Collapse of 2008, Higher Education

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