A separate issue is library and database access for independent scholars to publish outside of traditional academic jobs. Lots can be done there with more orgs like NCIS www.ncis.org/national-coa...

The academic job market is a huge issue. Tenure should not be the only track venerated. Academia can and should be more than that.The Taberna is working on this issue by helping hums & soc sci ECRs create their own businesses based on their research, making them their own institutional affiliation.

Completely aside from AI I think the conversation AI brings is important for shining new light on the academic job market and how narrowly defined it is. Embedding other skills, like business building, prepares scholars for a variety of scenarios that await post defending. It gives them some agency.

Thanks for sharing this @randalljstephens.bsky.social ! Tenure-track isn’t the only future and should not be the only 'track' of academia promoted. We need entrepreneurial skills within PhD programs too — not just for leaving, but for rebuilding the humanistic project in and beyond the academy.

Really sorry to hear this — it’s brutal how common this is now! If it helps: at The Taberna we support researchers leaving academia to build work they own — social enterprise, consulting, digital products, etc. There’s a future for your skills. DMs open if you want to chat! In solidarity!

This isn’t a milestone for visibility.

It’s a quiet affirmation of the way we’ve chosen to build, socially and ethically: with care, clarity, and commitment to those navigating uncertainty with brilliance.
#goodmarket #academicentrepreneurship #altac #ethicalbusiness #socialenterprise

We also believe that business-building skills should be built into every graduate program (and early on). Academia is unsustainable if tenure is the only track.

Totally get this. The gatekeeping, the vagueness, the unpaid labour of job apps. At @thetaberna.bsky.social we help humanities and social science scholars build practical, income-generating ventures rooted in their research. We believe in an academia where tenure is just ONE track among MANY.

👏 so true everywhere.

The strain is undeniable. But also—there’s room to build outside the old systems. Freelance, Businesses, collectives, new models of sharing knowledge based on academic research. I dream of an academia where tenure is just one of many tracks and all are academia.

Felt this so deeply I forgot I wasn’t the one who posted it.