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From http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/education/18professor.html?_r=1

At Colleges, Humanities Job Outlook Gets Bleaker
By TAMAR LEWIN
December 17, 2009

With colleges and universities cutting back because of the recession, the job outlook for graduate students in language and literature is bleaker than ever before.

According to the Modern Language Association’s forecast of job listings, released Thursday, faculty positions will decline 37 percent, the biggest drop since the group began tracking its job listings 35 years ago.

The projection, based on a comparison between the number of jobs listed in October 2008 and October 2009, follows a 26 percent drop the previous year.

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