InsideHigherEd.com reported briefly on something that I’ve been suspecting was going to become a trend in the coming years; the slow death of the professoriate. I don’t think that this profession will ever see complete death, but there are trends that show that the long term changes in the market will cause a decline in this profession in the future.
1. Trimming of PhD programs
2. The increase in adjunct professors and the decrease in tenure track professors
3. The rise of online education and creation of educational offerings that are standardized online (FGCU is a leader in this field)
4. The self study MBA and classes being offered free of charge online
The economics of the change make sense. Cutting salaries, especially of tenure track professors, can produce huge savings for the university.
Don’t shoot me; I’m just the messenger.
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