Scoring some funding or getting a smidgen of a paycheck in academe is hard enough in a stable economy, but it becomes a turnip-squeezing situation when the economy hits the skids. Female Science Professor has two posts up that explain some of the problems academics are facing, and which crises warrant the most panic.

Budget Axe and Bad Economics 101 are both worth reading. They have informative, entertainment, and misery-loves-company value.

Posted by Alexa Harrington