Dockum et al find an increase in gap between PhD and secure academic job - a lot more people in this past decade who had over 6 years between degree and TT job (and this is only counting people who do eventually make it!) #lsa2024

slides here! #lsa2024docs.google.com/presentation...

Dockum et al. - LSA 2024 - Mind the Gap - Public Copy

Minding the Gap: Length of precarious employment increasing for tenure-track linguists over time Rikker Dockum, Caitlin Green, Roma Sarathi, Michaela Richter, Katharine Briggs, & Savithry Namboodiripa...