Thread #academichiring

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Academic job seekers often think that because they didn't get a job one year, or didn't get a particular job, there's something they should change in their application. That's often a mistake. Here are some reasons you maybe didn't get the job that are beyond your control(thread)

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Some reasoning about #universityteaching, #academichiring, #prestige. All of this is second hand understanding, so I'm looking for interventions against my misunderstanding. Basic view:

1. Higher departmental prestige tracks higher concern with research output and lower concern with teaching merit in hiring + tenure review.

Thus,
2.: Prestige is unlikely to track teaching merit.

3. Given 2., 3.: It is unlikely that prestige tracks teaching-driven student outcomes.