Archive of Previous Reports on the Historical Profession
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To allow for easier access to the most recent data and reports, we have moved the links to older articles and reports to this page. The most recent tables and reports are now on a separate page.
The Academic Job Market for History PhDs
Job Market Report 2003: History Jobs Take a Tumble, but the Number of PhDs also Falls (December 2003)
Job Market Report 2002: History Posts Gains Despite Economy (December 2002)
Job Market Report 2001: Openings Booming . . . but for How Long? (December 2001)
Odds for Applicants Improving, According to Survey of Job Advertisers (January 2001)
2000 Job Market Report: History Job Openings Continue to Surge (December 2000)
Part-Time Faculty Data Highlight Disturbing Trends (October 2000)
Part-Time Teachers: The AHA Survey (April 2000)
1999 Job Market Report: Significant Improvement in Job Openings (November 1999)
1999 AHA Department Survey Shows Increased Hiring of Low-Wage Part-Time Faculty (September 1999)
1998 Job Market Report: Retirements Create More Opportunities but Job Gap Remains (January 1999)
Job Report 1997: Bleak Outlook for the History Job Market (April 1997)
Precedents: The History Job Crisis of the 1970s (April 1997)
Studies Report Mixed News for History Job Seekers (March 1996)
Salaries for Historians at Colleges and Universities
The 2004–05 Salary Report: History Slips at Private Institutions, but Posts Modest Gains at Publics (May 2005)
The 2003–04 Salary Report: Turnaround at Private Colleges, Further Weakness at Public Institutions (May 2004)
The 2002–03 Salary Report: Anemic Growth for History (September 2003)
The 2001–02 Salary Report: History Gains Some Ground, but Job Market Is Taking a Toll (October 2002)
2000–01 Salary Report: Signs of Improvement (September 2001)
1999–2000 Salary Report: History Lags behind Other Disciplines (September 2000)
1998–99 Salary Report: History Emerging from Inflation's Shadow (September 1999)
Enrollments and History PhDs
Survey Shows Marked Drop in History PhDs (February 2005)
Survey Shows Sizable Increases in History Majors and Bachelor's Degrees (April 2004)
Number of History PhDs Inches Upward (January 2004)
History Takes a Tumble in Degrees Conferred: New Data Shows Field Lagging Behind (October 2003)
History Majors and Enrollments Rose Sharply between 1998 and 2001 (February 2003)
Slight Drop in the Number of New History PhDs in 2001 but Some Good News on Employment and Diversity (January 2003)
On the Plateau's Edge? Dramatic Growth of History PhDs in the 1990s Appears to Be Slowing (April 2001)
Latest Directory Data Show Further Growth in Undergraduate History Majors (November 2001)
More Than 1,000 New History PhDs in 1999 (April 2001)
Surge in Number of History Majors and Continued Growth in Undergraduate Enrollments (November 2000)
History PhD Production Hits 20-Year High (January 2000)
Sharp Increase in Number of History PhDs Awarded in 1997 to 1999 Enrollment Data Points to Coming Decline (October 1999)
Other Surveys
The State of the History Department: A Report on the 2000–01 Department Survey (February 2003)
The State of the History Department: A Report on the 1999 Department Survey (November 2001)
AHA Survey Indicates Growing Acceptance of Internet (February 1999)
Survey of the Historical Profession, Public Historians, 1980-81: Summary Report (1981)
Survey of the Historical Profession, 1979-80: Summary Report (1980)
Last Updated: February 22, 2008