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IT IS SCARCELY REVOLUTIONARY NEWS that the over-production and/or under-consumption of historians, especially those with advanced degrees, in the last few years has made it nearly impossible for recent graduates to find careers within the academic community. Whatever the cause,1 within the past few years recently trained historians have begun to criticize and reprimand their mentors for failing to inform students of such dismal prospects, of the academy's ignorance of the world, and for a dozen other real or imagined vices. One need only peruse the pages of the American Historical Association's Newsletter for graphic evidence of this widespread disaffection among younger historians. However, the profession's response to the crisis has been genuine and well meaning, if uncoordinated and not completely successful. Some academic historians have run for office in professional associations on the platform that they will work to ease the job crisis. Recent candidates for office in both the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians have prominently advertised such planks. At the same time others have sought new areas of employment for their students. Some have urged students to explore careers in history outside the academy: archives, museums and historical societies. Others are exploring the possibility of placing historians in nontraditional areas where their training may be applicable: public service agencies, federal, state and local governments.
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