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Schools Announcing a Hiring Freeze

By Karen Kelsky | March 24, 2020

I put this on FB today; I was asked to share it off FB for those who have left that platform for their mental health. I can get behind that, so here is a special post. It will not include updates, which I’m doing on the FB post, and are also arriving in comments from readers there.

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The list of schools that I have been told have reported hiring freezes is below, and continues in the comment thread. *I cannot vouch for the accuracy or specifics of this information for every institution listed.* Please note hiring freezes can take different forms; many will be honoring any verbal offers already extended, but not all.

Brown
Yale
Middlebury
Bucknell
U of Nevada
Duke
Virginia Tech
Western Michigan U.
Bradley (in IL)
Pitt
Villanova University
Colgate
Indiana U
U of Waterloo
Penn
U of Oklahoma
U of Utah
Florida state
NYU
U Montana
U Kentucky
U of Dayton
Colorado school of mines
Central Washington
Wisconsin Madison
Texas Womens U
U of Louisville
Northern Michigan
Los Rios Community College
IUPUI
Miami U
Western Michigan
Ohio State
Penn State
Syracuse U
Simon Fraser
Kansas State
Federal science agencies in Canada
Clemson
Rochester Institute of Technology
Notre Dame
U Colorado-Denver
Appalachian State
UCSB
High Point U
Washington State
Villanova
U Alabama, Birmingham
University of Maine at Farmington
Cal State System
Purdue

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Comments

  1. Tania DoCarmo says

    March 26, 2020 at 2:50 pm

    I was just told my postdoc will be pulled because of a hiring freeze at UMass Amherst

    Reply
    • Karen Kelsky says

      March 26, 2020 at 7:56 pm

      I’m so sorry.

      Reply
    • Karen Kelsky says

      March 26, 2020 at 7:57 pm

      Here is the live and updated list – cold comfort I know. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KohP4xZdN8BZy1OMeXCAGagswvUOWpOws72eDKpBhI4/edit?usp=sharing

      Reply
    • JLM says

      March 28, 2020 at 9:22 am

      The TT job I completed a campus visit for just cancelled the position too

      Reply
    • Wilson says

      March 28, 2020 at 4:03 pm

      Your grant should pay for that or request a supplement.

      Reply
  2. Aniket Kate says

    March 27, 2020 at 2:14 pm

    Purdue CS will continue to interview and hire.

    Reply
    • Karen Kelsky says

      March 27, 2020 at 5:15 pm

      Please update the list online!

      Reply
  3. kasper says

    March 27, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    I have an offer in the working from Clemson… They have told me the official letter on its way and nothing about the hiring freeze. Hopefully, they’ll honor it.

    Reply
    • LeeM says

      April 5, 2020 at 5:19 pm

      I have been told the same thing by Clemson. I also still have not seen a contract or completed a background check. I am hoping this goes through.

      Reply
  4. Michael L. Littman says

    March 30, 2020 at 2:49 pm

    FYI: Brown (at the top of the list) is allowing some hires on external money (like certain postdocs) and many faculty searches are allowed to continue interviewing (like in my department, CS).

    Reply
    • Karen Kelsky says

      March 30, 2020 at 3:11 pm

      Please add this note to the doc!~

      Reply
  5. Brian says

    April 5, 2020 at 8:54 pm

    I have just had a TT job search suspended at a Cal State school. I was one of three finalists. Other zoom or phone interviews are cancelling on me. These are positions that I otherwise might not apply for. I read the article in highered stating these freezes could last until next year.

    Is anyone else in this situation? What are your plans?

    Reply
    • Biogeochemist says

      April 9, 2020 at 11:36 pm

      I’m on the same shoe and completely shocked! I would appreciate suggestions on what next!

      Reply
  6. Bex AG says

    April 6, 2020 at 9:14 am

    Northwestern University announced a “hiring pause” due to COVID-19…this decision translates to allowing hiring only for those paid entirely via research grant funding. This new rule doesn’t (currently) apply to incoming PhD students who receive non-sponsored funding.
    No staff hires (neither new nor back fill), with internal transfers also negated.
    Faculty hires have all deferred (in my school) to next year.

    Reply
  7. H says

    April 9, 2020 at 4:25 pm

    University of Southern California on April 3. All new faculty/staff positions

    Reply
  8. biogeochemist says

    April 9, 2020 at 11:32 pm

    I was the finalist of a TT job in Emory University. But, they cancelled the position now.

    Reply
  9. Ulrich Lehner says

    April 10, 2020 at 7:45 am

    Notre Dame has only a staff hiring freeze accoridng to memo

    Reply
    • Karen Kelsky says

      April 10, 2020 at 11:40 am

      update the doc.

      Reply
  10. Mcp says

    April 11, 2020 at 10:49 pm

    Dartmouth College implemented a hiring freeze and it may last through December.

    Reply
    • Karen Kelsky says

      April 13, 2020 at 10:23 am

      add to the list.

      Reply

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  1. “What to Do if Your College Is About to Close” says:
    July 3, 2020 at 3:14 pm

    […] News sources like “The Chronicle,” which published warning signs of a college’s “death spiral,” are helpful, but so are recognizing patterns in hiring freezes and furloughs, from scanning job postings, blogs, comments sections, and other user-generated content. For example, readers of the Professor Is In blog have been updating a Google Doc with a running list of school’s hiring freezes after author Karen Kesley’s original post on March 24, 2020. […]

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