Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, United States of America.
Departments of Cultural, Environmental and Global Studies and Cultural and Historic Preservation, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2023 May 24;18(5):e0285330. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285330. eCollection 2023.
Job placement trends in higher education at US institutions are bleak. Within anthropology and other social science disciplines this problem appears to be particularly pronounced. Recent studies focusing on placement in Anthropology using market share analysis have suggested that specific doctoral programs offer a greater chance of placing their graduates in faculty positions. Here we expand on that work, looking beyond market share to the number of graduates placed in positions relative to the total number of program graduates. Our results suggest that while large programs do indeed command the majority of tenure track placements by market share, much of this may be a product of the high numbers of graduates from these programs. Smaller programs can be proportionally as successful at placing their students in tenure track positions. The majority of PhDs in anthropology should anticipate gaining employment outside of a tenure track position. Training students for positions in private industry, government, and other non-faculty opportunities is essential.
美国高校高等教育的就业趋势黯淡。在人类学和其他社会科学学科中，这个问题似乎尤为突出。最近的一些研究使用市场份额分析来关注人类学的就业情况，这些研究表明，特定的博士项目为毕业生提供了更多在教职岗位就业的机会。在这里，我们扩展了这项工作，不仅关注市场份额，还关注相对于项目毕业生总数，有多少毕业生被安置在教职岗位上。我们的研究结果表明，虽然大型项目确实通过市场份额占据了大多数终身教职职位，但这在很大程度上可能是由于这些项目的毕业生人数众多。较小的项目在将学生安置在终身教职岗位上同样可以取得成功。大多数人类学博士应该预期能够在终身教职职位之外找到工作。培训学生在私营企业、政府和其他非教职机会中的就业机会至关重要。
