In the news...

I think just about every academic has had this recent NY Times article forwarded to them by a sympathetic family member or three. In essence, the Times delivers the surprising news that in this Tough Economic Climate, the job market is bad. The poor ABD grad student they interview applied only got two phone interviews! Shocking. (Read a better analysis at The Valve.)

On the other hand, according to the Chicago Tribune, college music programs are booming in this Tough Economic Climate.

Ergo, according to the traditional news media, we learn that only musicologists are going to get jobs in this Tough Economic Climate. Phew!

Clearly, this is because we have conquered Broadway. Jane Fonda: the best thing to hit musicology since Prince.