Job Troubles Strike Ph.D.S, HTU Reports

The search for a college teaching job has become much too tough for the brand new Ph.D., the Teachers Union reported yesterday.

In a report distributed to the entire faculty the HTU stated, "There is amazingly little placement machinery available to the Ph.D. looking for his first job. . . . Most of the universities do not admit there is a problem."

A survey conducted by the Committee on Placement showed that universities give employers information about the Ph.D.'s, but don't help out the job-hunter. As a result, the analysis showed that this same Ph.D. has had to cast about himself for a college position.

Looking beyond the problem of inefficient placement, the HTU commented that the entire teaching profession is haphazardly organized and is expanding without direction. "The immediate prospect for the academic profession," the HTU concluded, "is rapid curtailment.