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The Changing Structure of the Academic Job Market

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

A. Lanethea Mathews*
Affiliation:
Syracuse University
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 2000

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The research presented here was supported by the Graduate School at Syracuse University through its participation in the Preparing Future Faculty program, sponsored by the Council of Graduate Schools and the Association of American Colleges and Universities, and made possible with funding from participating institutions and a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts.

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