Last week ProPhilosophy asked for volunteers to contribute as authors. There were not enough offers to maintain the level of activity that readers have grown accustomed to. We’re going to have to scale back. ProPhi will post tenured hires, run the annual tenure-track and postdoc and VAP hiring thread, and post any other news stories or queries that we receive from readers. Additionally, we still welcome new contributors. We hope this will still remain a useful site for those who have come to appreciate it. If it seems that such a level of output is not helpful, this blog will cease entirely.
It has been shocking how much time and effort running a site like this takes. We are sorry we cannot do more.
Very sad to hear this! I know that I, for one, would be glad to help after I submit in the next few months. Unfortunately, most of my efforts need to be focused on writing at the moment.
Can you tell us how can unique hits you were getting in the last few months?
It seems to me that one of the keys to keeping this thing going is the job-related stuff that you’re getting from CDJ. If you could make this a better place to keep track of hires, then people would come here for at least that.