MLA Reports 28% Increase in Job Openings for Ph.D.'s in English

After years of grim news about the academic job market, the Modern Language Association reported today in its listing of jobs a 28-per-cent increase over last year in the number of openings in the field of English.

The October 1998 issue of the M.L.A.'s "Job Information List," one of the most comprehensive indicators of the job market in English...