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The U.S. academic job market survives the SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic

View ORCID ProfileAriangela J Kozik, View ORCID ProfileAda Hagan, View ORCID ProfileNafisa M Jadavji, View ORCID ProfileChristopher T Smith, View ORCID ProfileAmanda Haage
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.27.493714
Ariangela J Kozik
1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI USA
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Ada Hagan
2Alliance SciComm & Consulting, LLC; Linden, MI USA
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Nafisa M Jadavji
3Biomedical Sciences, Midwestern University; Glendale, AZ USA
4Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University; Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Christopher T Smith
5Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Blacksburg, VA USA
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Amanda Haage
6Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota; Grand Forks, ND USA
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Abstract

Many speculated that the faculty job market would be severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially for years. Our examination of faculty job postings from 2018 to 2021 found that while they decreased in 2020, the market recovered in 2021. We also surveyed how the pandemic affected the perceptions, behaviors, and outcomes of individuals on the faculty job market in 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 21. Approximately 10% of the faculty job offers made to 2019 through 2020 survey respondents were reported as rescinded. Respondents also reported altering their application documents in response to the pandemic as well as delaying or even abandoning their faculty job search. Thus, while the faculty job market may have recovered, the effect of the pandemic on postdoctoral career choices may have future implications.

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The U.S. academic job market survives the SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic
Ariangela J Kozik, Ada Hagan, Nafisa M Jadavji, Christopher T Smith, Amanda Haage
bioRxiv 2022.05.27.493714; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.27.493714
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The U.S. academic job market survives the SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic
Ariangela J Kozik, Ada Hagan, Nafisa M Jadavji, Christopher T Smith, Amanda Haage
bioRxiv 2022.05.27.493714; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.27.493714

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