I don't know if any of those other measures show a decline. I can think of reasons why history might be in decline as a field. But maybe the numbers are static...

The most obvious explanation for why PhDs are not becoming professors is simply that American universities are graduating too many PhDs for the number of professorships available: oversupply. That doesn't prove decline at all.

#GlennLoury #DanielBessner
#PhDs #universities #tenure
#TheGlennShow

/fin

I don't know if any of those other measures show a decline. I can think of reasons why history might be in decline as a field. But maybe the numbers are static...

The most obvious explanation for why PhDs are not becoming professors is simply that American universities are graduating too many PhDs for the number of professorships available: oversupply. That doesn't demonstrate decline at all.

#GlennLoury #DanielBessner
#PhDs #universities #tenure
#TheGlennShow

/fin

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