Higher Education Employment Grows in Q4 2017 Reversing Last Year's Trend
Thursday, June 28th, 2018
According to a new report from HigherEdJobs, the leading job and career site for higher education professionals, the total number of jobs in higher education increased during Q4 2017, which was opposite the trend from last year in Q4 2016.
The number of job postings for higher education positions increased 1.4 percent in Q4 2017. Reversing a recent trend of large increases in job postings for part-time positions and diminishing growth for full-time positions, postings for part-time positions decreased in Q4 2017. Specifically, the number of postings for part-time faculty and part-time administrators both declined, while the number of postings for full-time faculty and full-time administrators both increased. According to HigherEdJobs, this could indicate academia believes enrollment variations, which have been declining for the past several semesters, are stabilizing and therefore can make longer-term staffing decisions, albeit cautiously.