INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION - May 28, 2014
By Anonymous
This is a story about race and gender in the academic job market.
Before I begin I should probably explain that I went on the market as
an associate professor. Why did I do this to myself? Briefly, my family
and I live very far from our relatives. Also, I am currently the
lowest-paid tenure-track faculty member in my department and was told by
the man paid to manage me that if I wanted a raise I would probably
need to get a new job or at least an offer that might prompt a
counteroffer.
So I went on the job market and was lucky enough to score a campus
interview for an assistant professor position at an liberal arts college
in an ideal location. Let's just call this place Rich Liberal Arts
College (RLAC). If I got a job at RLAC my family and I would be very
close to our relatives. We’d be very close to several major cultural
centers where my daughters and I could go to museums and see concerts
and shows on a regular basis. And, most promising, this entry-level
position would pay me over $10,000 more per year than I am currently
making in my tenured position (plus more after tenure).
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